Pakistans indigenous Preadator drones
January 17, 2010
Pakistan has made huge strides in the development of its UAVsMukhbir, Uqqab, Jasoos, Ubaabeel and others. Pakistani made UAVs: Uqaab & Jasoos. Up to now the technology was used purely for reconissance purposes, however since 2001, there is an empetus to emulate Predator and Reaper type of drones which has fire missiles and elimiante the targets without the effort of flyingfighter jets. Pakistan is very close on building its own Predator which will have the ability to carry and use missiles.
The Pakistani UAV Burraq is a Predator equivalent. Pakistani UAC firms are working closely with Italian, Chinese and Turkish firmsall of whichwork with Isreali technology, borrowed heavily from American products. The recent Turkish-israeli deal will help Turkey develop the next generation of Turkish drones. Pakistans indigenous UAVs: Uqaab, Jasoos, Mukhbar & Burraq ANKARA Turkey and Israel appear to be on track to finalise a long delayed multi-million-dollar deal for the delivery of 10 drone aircraft for the Turkish air force, a Turkish official said Friday.
The project, launched in 2005, was under threat of cancellation amid delays and rising tensions between the two countries over Israels devastating offensive in the Gaza Strip last year.
Turkish experts are currently in Israel to test the drones, the defence ministry official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Should the systems pass the tests, six aircraft will be brought to Turkeys southeastern province of Batman, on the border with Iraq, for further tests, the official added.
If there are no problems, we will take the drones. We expect the delivery to take place in the first six months of this year, he said.
The announcement came ahead of a visit by Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak to Turkey on Sunday for talks on mending battered ties following the latest diplomatic row.
On Wednesday Israel was forced to apologise after Ankara hreataned to withdraw its ambassador over Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalons public dressing down of the envoy.
The drone project had been expected to be completed in the second half of 2009, but it was delayed by technical problems, forcing Turkey to give the two contractors Israel Aerospace Industries and Elbit a deadline until early 2010 and threaten to cancel the tender.
Last week, Defence Minister Vecdi Gönül said that negotations were under way on the compensation the Israeli companies would pay for the delay, but refused to give a figure.
Media reports have suggested that the compensation could be somewhere around 12 million dollars (8.2 million euros).
The drone contract was part of an 185-million-dollar project that involved the manufacture of 10 aircraft, surveillance equipment and ground control stations, with Turkish firms providing sub-systems and services.
Under a 1996 military cooperation deal, Turkish-Israeli ties have flourished greatly until last year when the two countries fell out about Ankaras almost daily criticism of the Jewish state over the Gaza war. Turkey, Israel on track to close drone deal: official (AFP).
When the war on terror began, Pakistan requested predator drones for the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) so that the Pakistanis could monitor the 2500 kilometer long Durand Line. The request was refused. Pakistan also requested helicopters, and asked the USA to launch a satellite for Pakistan. The requests fell on deaf ears. Pakistan also requested 80,000 M-16s or Klashnikovs for the Frontier Corps who are still using WW2 vintage rifles. The guns have still not arrived. However Pakistan was asked to Do More.
Pakistan as a Major Non-Nato Ally (MNNA) and a founding member of SEATO and CENTO has not been given a single Predator or Reaper. Pakistan has an indigenous UAV capacity, but its drones cannot fire armaments. At present the laser guided technology helps it to identify targets and then relay that information to a helicopter gunship or a plane. Islamabad is in desperate need of UAV which can fire at the target. Need predicates development, and necessity is the mother of
invention. It is like being under sanction. Pakistan was under sanctions when it designed and built the JF-17 Thunder with the Chinese. Now the latest UAVis being built with Turkish and Chinese help. Pakistans latest UAV is called the Burraq named after a mythical flying horse.
ISLAMABAD After years of watching U.S. drones operate along its Afghan border, Pakistan is working on its own Predator-like unmanned aerial vehicle to undertake the same mission, sources here said. The sources said the countrys air force and government-owned defense conglomerate, the National Engineering and Scientific Commission, are flight-testing a new-design aircraft to be equipped with a NESCom-designed laser designator and laser-guided missiles.
The Burraq UAV is named for a winged horse creature in Islamic tradition, similar to Pegasus.
According to local news reports, Pakistan is focusing its unmanned aircraft efforts on upgrading various older UAVs with Chinese help. But the sources note that no domestically produced UAVis large enough to heft both a missile and a targeting system. The militarys most capable UAV is the air forces Selex Galileo Falco, which can laser-designate targets for other platforms but cannot deliver munitions.
Officials with the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Defence Production here refused to confirm or deny the programs existence. A spokesman for the militarys Inter Services Public Relations said it was not ready to give a statement on the issue at this time. One former air force officer said the notion of a Pakistan-developed hunter-killer UAV is credible. You only have to see our track record, said Kaiser Tufail, a retired air commodore. We have some fantastic achievements in the field of defense.
Tufail said Pakistan needs such a weapon. Anti-terror operations on the frontier require hours and hours of round-the-clock reconnaissance, married with the ability to strike quickly when a target is spotted, he said. Help from China? Analysts were more dubious about Pakistans ability to produce a laser-guided missile, but they noted that help might be found in China or Turkey. Turkey, with whom Pakistan has an agreement to cooperate on UAV development, is seeking an armed UAV, preferably the Predator or MQ-9 Reaper. This UAVmay someday be armed with the UMTAS infrared guided anti-tank missile being developed by the Turkish firm Roketsan to arm the T-129 attack helicopter.
Pakistan could simply produce Chinas new CH-3 unmanned combat air vehicle, or co-produce any number of Chinese components to assemble a unique UCAV, said Richard Fisher, China specialist and senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center in Washington. China has also developed the unique AR-1, a 45-kilogram, laser-guided attack missile, apparently designed specifically for light winged or helicopter UCAVs, he said. Pakistan reported developing armed UAV By Usman Ansari Staff writer, Saturday May 9, 2009 8:17:26 EDT The Burraq is based on the Falco SELEX GALILEO technology. We produce information on the Selix Galileo so that an adequate comparision can be made with the Burraq.
The FALCO UAV System is a Medium Altitude Endurance & Tactical UAV designed for optronic and electronic surveillance roles. The basic mission is target detection, localization, identification and designation through its on-board sensors suite which typically include a thermal imager, a color TV Camera and a spotter, or a laser designator.
The best features of the FALCO System include automatic take-off and landing (with STOL performance), fully redundant and fault-tolerant control systems, digital buses and control link equipment, automatic area surveillance modes and near-real-time target image processing.
It really look very mush like the uqab or may be author is citing directly to uqab or if someone can tell they are using the Falco SELEX GALILEO The Burraq also uses the design if the Pegasus HALE UAV. The information on the Burraq is similar to the information on the Hale.
Until today, the use of unmanned aircraft has been hindered by the sheer size of the wingspan needed to carry the weight of the payload. With payloads often weighing up to 100 kg, the wingspan required would extend to 60 or 70 metres, creating a total weight of as much as 1000 kg. Aircraft with this weight and wingspan will not become operational for the next couple of years due to issues of air traffic control, safety regulations and technological hurdles such as the development of appropriate fuel cell technology.
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Pakistan has been using its own drones which it has been manufacturing for a decade.
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