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Reflecting on MSPO and the El Alamein Airshow: What Pakistan’s Defence Industry Is Getting Right and What Is Missing
MSPO 2026 and the El Alamein Airshow both pointed to the same three priorities: loitering munitions, low-cost cruise missiles, and scalable kinetic air defence. Pakistan is competitive on the first…
Pakistan Buries Its Defence Tenders Across 40 Channels. Only Incumbents Can Find Them.
Quwa’s Pulse Check Season 1 Episode 12 takes up the question raised by Pakistan’s fragmented procurement publishing – whether a supplier without a dedicated procurement desk can see the defence…
Pakistan’s Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) Showcases New Drone Production Facility
Heavy Industries Taxila opened its new Unmanned Aerial Systems Factory (UASF) to media on 06 September, revealing the R-020 and R-040 VTOL drones, a tailless delta loitering munition, the P-905…
POF’s New Shahed-Style Loitering Munition Reveals the Pakistan Army’s Deep-Strike Plan
A Shahed-style munition at POF, HIT's D-248 and Ukraine's FP-1 point to one Pakistan Army goal: 2,000–3,000 km of low-cost strike reach.
Ukraine’s Fire Point Is Courting Pakistan. Pulse Check Episode 11 Asks Whether It Can Work.
Quwa's Pulse Check Season 1 Episode 11 takes up the question raised by Fire Point's approach to Pakistan – whether a Kyiv design house and Pakistan's defence-industrial base have anything…
How Pakistan Will Work to Match India’s Future MQ-9B HALE UAS Capability
India signed a USD $203 million deal on 17 August 2026 to lease two MQ-9B SeaGuardian HALE UAVs for the Indian Navy, completing a US-origin ISTAR, ASW and AShW stack…
Analysis: The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement Offers Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan a Capacity-Building Path
Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement on 07 August 2026. Why the MJDA's value is capacity building, not Article 5.
Pakistan’s Private Sector Needs Transparent Testing Regulations and Capacity Support
Pakistan’s June 2026 DIPRA Ordinance created a defence-industrial regulator with the power to licence private R&D and open public test ranges to private companies. What it has not produced is…
Heavy Industries Taxila Reveals D-248 and S-369, Pakistan’s Longest-Range Loitering Munitions
Heavy Industries Taxila revealed the D-248 and S-369 at the 2026 Indus RAS Expo – Pakistan's longest-range loitering munitions, with up to 3,000 km reach.
Pakistan Takes the Plunge in Pursuing Military Drones and Developing Their Autonomy Stacks
ndus RAS Expo 2026 showed that Pakistan is not just building drones, but the sensor fusion and C2 layers that make them work.
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