DoD awards contract to Bell for Pakistani AH-1Z
By Bilal Khan In April 2015 Pakistan submitted a request for the sale of 15 AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters alongside 1,000 AGM-114R Hellfire-II multipurpose air-to-surface...
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Bangladesh orders 7 Mi-171 helicopters
By Bilal Khan Building upon its recent surge in commercial ties with Russia, Bangladesh just signed onto purchasing seven Mi-171 Hip helicopters from Moscow. The...
First Hints of AESA Radar on JF-17 Block-III?
By Bilal Khan DefenseNews published an interesting article the other day about a Chinese firm, NAV Technology, putting out a marketing document showing a fighter...
Pakistan Interested in Yak-130?
By Bilal Khan In the aftermath of the recently concluded order of 4 Mi-35 attack/transport helicopters, there are a few media reports floating about purporting...
With Mi-35 Pakistan Modernizes Fleet
By Bilal Khan In April the U.S Defense Security Cooperation Agency sent Congress a request to approve a near $1bn US sale involving AH-1Z ‘Viper’...
No Sanctions for the Iranian Military
By Bilal Khan Last week IHS Jane’s 360 released an interesting analysis of how the recent Iranian nuclear deal would have an impact on steering...
India’s MMRCA Woes Continue
By Bilal Khan It is not an understatement to state that India’s Medium Multi-role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) program has been a very long and arduous...
The Dangers of Ignoring the Navy
By Bilal Khan Muhammad Ali Ehsan, a retired Pakistan Army lieutenant-colonel posted a thoughtful piece on the Express Tribune the other day that I found...