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Nope. He was an engineer on the air defence side, mostly C3 and C4I.

It's interesting. When my dad retired from the PAF and QEAF, he joined the Western defence industry (won't be giving specific org names for obvious reasons) and mentioned how he'd been waking up at the same time as he was at the peak of his PAF career, yet coming home/sleeping much, much later...

Not really. If there's not enough of a foreign/hard-currency in Pakistan to back an import, then that's the end of it. In the 1990s Pakistan had to walk away from two Mirage 2000/-5 negotiations; in the 2010s, it walked away from 18 optional Block-52+, 36 FC-20 and 3 Type 214 SSK; and so on.

Honestly, they'll likely target (and clamp down) on imports. Not only are imports are a fiscal strain, but they cause economic damage (at least in Pakistan's current conditions) by removing hard currency and (if all imports are to be taken collectively) force depreciation of PKR (by boosting...

IIRC the current push of the industry is to use AESA TRMs for both radar and EW/ECM and, I imagine, having these TRMs work in unison. You'd need a sensor fusion engine that can properly manage these TRMs, but the outcome is 360-degree situational awareness, forward jamming and hundreds of...

I think MastanKhan thought Bharwana had a legit/official source for his observation (re: the photo) and mistakenly thought you were trying to fish him out for it (where in truth you were just trying to verify the claim).

That's true. I believe TAI even said a while back that it had gotten the clearance to transfer the engines to Pakistan. I think the issue at hand is between TAI and the US and on the issue of third-party export. So what if Pakistan just bought the engines directly from LHTEC and then used PAC...

Indeed. It's also rather exceptional for the US to (assuming it actually does in this case) to clamp down on third-party ITAR transfers between two countries whom it has already cleared ITAR products on a first-party basis!

Time and added costs. Ultimately, the ATAK series will use TEI's turboshaft engine, so expect Turkish Aerospace to devote its development to achieving that instead of working with the French. One other alternative might be Rolls-Royce's ITAR-free engine (a version of the CTS800 meant for the...

The US DoD is responsible for releasing third-party export licenses for ITAR controlled equipment. Observers are raising red flags because they expect Trump (and rightfully so) to screw up normal procedures, but no decision to that effect has yet been made. BTW, some incorrect info from the...

Not exploiting those natural resources might have been a blessing in disguise. Look at our lax attitudes towards importing. If the value of our currency climbs (as a result of exporting oil, coal and minerals), then we Pakistanis would take it to stupendous extremes with even less attention to...

Even then I'd express caution. Things can change between the time someone receives information to the time it is revealed to the public.

No one knows the specifications or capabilities yet, it's all speculation.

Pakistan sought another 14 Jordanian F-16s in 2016. In fact, Jordan had put those jets on sale and it was widely believed that Pakistan would buy them. TAI had even told Defense News that it was expecting a contract from the PAF to upgrade those 14 planes. But those F-16s never came ... and now...

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Anyone else take a look at Poland's MSBS? http://fabrykabroni.pl/en/produkty/karabiny/msbs/

Scale. Development is costly, but the more units you produce - i.e. via exports and partners - the lower your unit cost in the long-term. It isn't a fancy contribution, but it helps in that it'll enable TAI and other Turkish companies to have a better chance at breaking even. If and when they...

To be honest, I don't know. To be fair, 2030 is basically a generation from now (in terms of soldiers), and a lot could change. For example, technologies such as handhelds, portables, smart lenses/HMD, etc, should not be a big deal in terms of availability and cost, but society's general lack of...

If they won't, then another company - possibly state-owned - will have a SPC. The Army and SOF are well aware of it and they've began distributing a few around to some individuals. One way or another, I believe SPCs will be a widely distributed body armour 2016-2018.

I believe Lyra is the main local vendor the Army deals with for body armour. Can't speak to the quality, but the company seems to try and keep pace with developments around the world. I hope they have a Scalable Plate Carrier (SPC) design ready to show for the upcoming IDEAS event.