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Pakistan signs contract to upgrade second Agosta 90B

by Bilal Khan February 28, 2018 1378Views 59Comments

According to an announcement by the Turkish defence contractor Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik ve Ticaret A.Ş. (STM) on 28 February, Pakistan has signed the contract to upgrade the Pakistan Navy’s second (of three) Agosta 90B submarines. This follows an announcement in November 2016 by…

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Drones deliver China access into high-value, non-traditional markets

by Bilal Khan February 28, 2018 1420Views 3Comments

Reportedly securing a sale of four Wing Loong unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to Indonesia, it is clear that UAVs are opening China’s entry into markets otherwise dominated by US, Europe and Russia.

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Brazil buys ex-Royal Navy helicopter carrier HMS Ocean

by Bilal Khan February 20, 2018 1425Views 11Comments

The U.K. has confirmed that it sold the mothballed Royal Navy landing platform helicopter (LPH) or helicopter carrier HMS Ocean to Brazil for $117 million U.S.

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Pakistan Army Aviation’s High-Altitude Capabilities

by Bilal Khan February 20, 2018 185Views 0Comments

The Airbus Helicopters H125M Fennec forms the mainstay of the Pakistan Army Aviation Corps’ (PAA) high-altitude operations fleet. On 26 January 2018, two PAA H125Ms were deployed to execute the rescue of two European climbers on Nanga Parbat, requiring both aircraft to…

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Pakistan’s MoDP met Turkish, Dutch ambassadors, Ukrainian officials

by Bilal Khan February 18, 2018 1421Views 14Comments

Pakistan’s Minister of Defence Production (MoDP) Rana Tanveer Hussain met with the Ambassadors of Turkey, Ukraine and the Netherlands this past week.

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Pakistan-Russia Relations: Tempering Expectations

by Bilal Khan February 16, 2018 173Views 0Comments

This is an overview of the current state of Pakistan’s bilateral relations with Russia in terms of foreign relations, economic/trade relations and defence ties. It is too early to expect robust bilateral defence relations, but even if that were to come into…

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Pakistan Defence Review: Procurement Updates

by Bilal Khan February 12, 2018 196Views 0Comments

Updates to ongoing Pakistani defence procurements – e.g. deliveries and contractual changes – with accompanying short-form analyses: (1) Aselsan ASELPOD targeting pod deliveries; (2) JF-17 in-flight refueling pods reaching squadrons; (3) ATR-72 MPAs nearing delivery; and (4) T-85IIAP tank overhaul with deliveries…

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TAI sees growth of interest in T129, Anka UAV

by Bilal Khan February 8, 2018 1444Views 40Comments

Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) is nearing a firm contract for the sale of 30 T129 attack helicopters to Pakistan. It is also in talks with Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand.

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BMC says it won Turkish Government bid for Altay MBT engine

by Bilal Khan February 7, 2018 1459Views 27Comments

Turkish auto-manufacturer BMC’s Chairman, Ethem Sancak, says that BMC has won the Turkish Undersecretariat for Defence Industries’ (SSM) contract to develop a diesel engine for the Altay main battle tank (MBT)

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The Sonmiani WTR supports domestic munition development

by Bilal Khan February 5, 2018 176Views 0Comments

Introduction On 02 February, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) announced that it established an instrumented Weapon Test Range (WTR) at the Sonmiani Firing Range. This is an important induction for the PAF – and the Pakistani armed forces as a whole –…