Building Synergies Between Pakistan’s Private and State-Owned Defence Companies Pro
Pakistan's private firms can design drones but import every motor, PCB and fibre-optic cable. POF, NRTC and PAC already hold the upstream base to supply...
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How Pakistan Will Work to Match India’s Future MQ-9B HALE UAS Capability Plus Pro
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...
Pakistan Bet Its Drone Industry on NESCOM. It’s Starting to Pay Off. Pro
NESCOM now designs the airframe, the mission architecture, the sensors and the munitions. Quwa unpacks what that makes it — and why Pakistan's UCAV bid...
The Next Phase of Pakistan’s C-UAS Efforts is to Build an Integrated Counter-Drone System Plus Pro
It seems that Pakistan’s current approach to counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) involves disparate systems – both soft-kill and hard-kill – trying to stop quadcopters and...
Pakistan Air Force: Can the J-35 and Kızılelma Replace the F-16? Plus Pro
Baykar recently test-fired a Roketsan JET-230 aeroballistic missile or air-launched ballistic missile (ALBM) from its Bayraktar Kızılelma unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV). This would be...
Why Pakistan Is Turning to Private Firms to Build Its Drones Pro
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Analysis: How Pakistan Can Design a Loyal Wingman Drone (Republished)
Designing these UCAVs that are approaching manned fighter jets in complexity will give PAC experience and build capacity that it is lacking.
GIDS LoMADS Air Defence System
The LoMADS (Low-to-Medium Altitude Air Defence System) is an indigenous medium-to-long-range surface-to-air missile system under development by Pakistan's GIDS/NESCOM. With a stated range of 7–100...
GIDS FAAZ-SL (E-SHORADS) Air Defence System
The FAAZ-SL (FAAZ Surface Launched), also designated E-SHORADS, is an indigenous short-range air defence system under development by Pakistan's GIDS/NESCOM. With a range of 20–25...
The Rasoob 250 Can Be Pakistan’s Naval Strike Missile Plus Pro
Pakistan's GIDS Rasoob 250 could replace fragmented ASCM inventories across the Pakistan Navy, PAF, and Army — following the Kongsberg NSM's tri-service model.