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It'd be Zastava or CZ I reckon (the one who offered help on an indigenous design).

Before or after the crash of the pound?

Regarding the MILGEM/Ada-class, Pakistan requested a $400m loan from Turkey to help finance a deal for 4 ships. http://www.milliyet.com.tr/milli-savunma-bakani-isik-pakistan-da-kocaeli-yerelhaber-1406967/

I am very excited for the MILDEN submarine program.

Haven't focused much on STM in particular, but I did discuss the MILGEM and how Pakistan could adopt it for its needs. Should the PN select the MILGEM and (especially) MILGEM-G, it would only be natural that we work closely with STM in order to outfit the platform for our requirements...

Yep - CZ's iterative cycle has been impressive, but us selecting that route would depend on a level of creativity and risk-taking that we (as a society) lack, sadly. Sure, one can always argue "go for the best gun," but why not also keep an eye on the best available company, i.e. the company...

Learning requires exposure, and let's be honest here, the Pakistani defence industry hasn't gotten a whole lot of it, especially in the shipbuilding and land vehicles areas. Whether it be by contracting an external vendor to help guide a local one (e.g. in this case where STM will help KSEW)...

The BREN sent to Pakistan is 7.62x39mm, but its value rests with the fact that it can be chambered for 5.56 NATO and 7.62 NATO as well. Not to back the product too strongly, but credit ought to be given to CZ for actively iterating on the design based on real world feedback (or at least being...

To be fair ... neither TASS or Army Recognition offered any scope into the purchase. It literally could be about as big as any of the M4 or M16 purchases we've seen for the SSG. That said, Army Recognition is reasonably reliable, and TASS is strong (ahead of Sputnik News and Kommersant). We're...

Zastava M77 with fake wood panels and stock.

STM was contracted to help implement the upgrades, the work will still be done in Pakistan. Moreover, we still need to import the subsystems we'll be swapping into the Agosta 90Bs anyways. We don't produce CMS, ESM, new generation sonars, etc. I'm not sure if Havalsan and Aselsan will...

After seeing photos of the SCAR on this thread so many times, I hope the Zastava M77 wins the 7.62x51 NATO need. Forget even the BREN, it just looks too similar to SCAR.

@Bilal Khan 777 Not to speculate too much, but supplier options aside, there is one thing we can take solace in - comparative vs. relative costs. While the BAE Systems Striker II could be very expensive compared to other options (relative), the comparative cost of it would still be low enough...

"SHIBLI looks to cement its place as a market leader in the field of Optronics and a global technology and innovation driver in defence, security and advanced technologies." http://shibli.com/who-we-are/ I hope they have HMD/S on the technology roadmap.

Most likely electronics and sensors, though STM could potentially help with structural refreshment, but I don't know to what extent.

@Bilal Khan 777 I was thinking about the JF-17's HMD/S options for a while. A contemporary digital system just does not seem to be available at the moment. Thales and the TopOwl-F aren't even options, not without India somehow managing to torpedo the Rafale as well as a couple of other programs...

It could have been from a predecessor entity in Turkey (license producing the M113) that was absorbed into FNSS.

Changed... but did you record the video?

@Zarvan be sure to get someone to record a reaction video of you when you have a chance to visit my website :)

I don't think even Turkey is planning to use this design to replace all of its old APCs. It seems FNSS' ACV series - derived from the M113 - will form the backbone of their APC force. We just need to stick with the Talha.