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I thought I'd start a thread that discusses concepts or ideas the Pakistan Navy (PN) should pursue in the coming years. Note: I'm open to talking about developmental ideas, recommended purchases, etc. Just keep it within reason. For example, I was looking through some of the things Turkey's...

Despite being 30-40 years old, this is probably the best written and best composed Pakistan Air Force documentary to-date (given the constraints of media technology in Pakistan at the time). @Trailer23 @Falcon26 @SQ8

Over the past few weeks, I've been a little fascinated by the concept of the 'littoral mission vessel' (LMV). The basic idea of these LMVs is to deliver key naval capabilities, but at lower cost than a full-fledged frigate or corvette. The term LMV isn't real per se, but I think it may become...

It's on PAC's website. http://www.pac.org.pk/avrid AvRID Aviation Research, Indigenization & Development The office of DG AvRID has been established to transform into reality the Air Staff vision as stated above, with the long-term goal of developing our own fifth generation fighter aircraft...

SWIFTSHIPS STRENGTHENING ITS GLOBAL PRESENCE Mönch US Correspondent Marty Kauchak completed a wide-ranging interview with Swiftships CEO Shehraze Shah on 11 October. The interview is published below in its entirety. Change and growth are constants in Morgan City, Louisana (USA)-based...

DEFENCELINE: A Fighting Air Chief Two fronts – one mission By: Amir Zia Published: April 1, 2017 In his first-ever interview to any media outlet, Air Chief Sohail Aman shares his thoughts and vision about the external and internal challenges faced by the country, the PAF’s modernisation plans...

MBDA unveiled a scalable command-and-control (C2) suite for an "unspecified customer." MBDA has developed a new ground-based air defence (GBAD) command and control (C2) system called Network-Centric Engagement Solutions (NCES), which the firm revealed at the 2017 Paris Air Show at Le Bourget...

https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/worldwide/aerospace/press-release/thales-unveils-future-ground-application-its-multifunction-radar On the first day of the Paris Air Show, Thales is unveiling its Ground Fire family: a range of latest-generation multifunction ground radar. The radar system, which...

Pakistan to construct multipurpose OPV indigenously ISLAMABAD June,12 (APP): Pakistan on Monday signed a contract with Dutch firm to manufacture State of The Art multipurpose Offshore Patrol Vehicle (OPV) indigenously. A contract for indigenous construction of OPV at Karachi Shipyard &...

The 2015-2016 MoDP yearbook says that $848 million U.S. $0.848 million US is to be spent on ground handling equipment (GHE) and ground support equipment (GSE) for Organizational ("O") and Intermediate ("I")-level maintenance equipment for the Mi-171 helicopter. As per the MoDP, 101 pieces...

China's trimaran-hull frigate looks like a very promising design. It can travel as fast as the Azmat-class FAC at top speed (30+ knots), but it is armed with a 76 mm main gun, 8 anti-ship missiles, and 16 or 32-cell vertical launch system for surface-to-air missiles. I couldn't any information...