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During the 2025 International Defence Exhibition and Fair (IDEF 2025), Pakistan’s Global Industrial & Defence Solutions (GIDS) signed an agreement with Turkey’s Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKE) to ‘cooperate on aerospace munitions.’ It was a key achievement, which GIDS is trying to build upon with its stronger marketing push, especially in new markets for the Pakistani defence industry, like Latin America.
Speaking with Quwa, GIDS CEO Asad Kamal highlighted that “collaboration between the Turkish and Pakistani industry has much more potential than where it is today,” but major challenges persist stopping the two from capitalizing on their synergistic potential.
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There has been significant traction in the sphere of naval cooperation, with the Pakistan Navy (PN) awarding Turkey’s STM a contract to modernize its Agosta 90B submarines and signing a $1.5 billion-dollar-plus deal with ASFAT A.S to build four Babur-class (MILGEM) corvettes and co-develop the original Jinnah-class frigate (AS3400). In addition, the PN has also worked with MilSOFT to develop Link Green, its tactical data-link (TDL) architecture. Moreover, key Turkish state-owned enterprises (SOE), like Aselsan and Havelsan, are also involved in supplying core inputs, like radars and combat management systems (CMS), respectively, to the PN.
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