From land to sea to airborne systems, China now underpins Islamabad’s quest for qualitative parity in South Asia’s increasingly contested security environment.
The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) announced that it will invite a technical team from Bangladesh to evaluate the JF-17C Thunder Block-3 fighter.
Pakistan and Türkiye reportedly discussed the possibility of jointly designing and producing a helicopter.
On 21 November, Pakistan’s Wah Industries Limited (WIL) signed an agreement with the Turkish defence contractor Repkon to set up an ammunition body production and filling line at WIL’s facilities for 155 mm artillery shells.
The Bakhtar Shikan is Pakistan’s indigenously manufactured anti-tank guided missile (ATGM). It is based on the Chinese HJ-8 missile.
The FAAZ-series are two beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) programs being developed by Pakistan’s state-owned enterprises (SOE), likely Air Weapons Complex (AWC), a bureau of the National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM).
The TIPU is a new precision-guided 155 mm artillery shell developed by DynTek Engineering and marketed by Global Industrial and Defence Solutions (GIDS).
The Al-Battaar is a laser-guided bomb (LGB) kit developed by Pakistan’s Qaswa Industries for use on Mk.80-series general purpose bombs (GPB).
First revealed by Global Industrial and Defence Solutions (GIDS) in May 2024, the ‘Burq’ is a family of lightweight air-to-ground missiles (AGM) meant for use from drones, namely GIDS’ Shahpar 2 and Shahpar-3 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).
The SR-3D (Short-Range 3D) is an S-band air defence radar developed by the Sensor Division of the Pakistan Air Force’s (PAF) National Aerospace Science and Technology Park (NASTP).