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DRDO Runs Full-Scale Scramjet Combustor for 1,200 Seconds in Hyderabad Ground Test

DRDL conducted a 1,200-second ground test of a full-scale actively cooled scramjet combustor at its SCPT facility in Hyderabad on 9 May – nearly doubling the January 2026 run-time and graduating from subscale validation to a flight-representative configuration under India’s Hypersonic Cruise Missile Development Program.

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May 18, 2026
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Pakistan’s Defence Modernization Is Accelerating, But Where Is It Actually Heading?

Pakistan is accelerating defence modernisation across cruise missiles, attack helicopters, and fighter jets. Quwa’s Defence Uncut panel unpacks the Fatah IV test, JF-17 Block 4/PFX direction, the Z-10ME evaluation, PAF training gaps, and the Link 17 data link debate.

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May 18, 2026
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The Shahed Blueprint: How Pakistan Needs to Lean on Small Factories for Drones

Pakistan’s loitering munition portfolio is growing fast, but the designs are too complex for the country’s industrial base. The Shahed model – fiberglass moulds, piston engines, truck-mounted launchers, and distributed assembly – is the path to the 10,000-unit scale that would reshape the cost-exchange ratio against India’s air defences.

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May 15, 2026
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Industry Brief: Pakistan’s One-Way Effector (OWE) Market – Six-Month Update

This Industry Brief is a follow-up to Quwa’s November 2025 Market Intelligence analysis on Pakistan’s OWE market. In November, Quwa assessed that Pakistan was developing OWE-adjacent capabilities unintentionally. By April 2026, both private-sector and state-owned vendors had revealed dedicated jet-powered OWE designs, marking a deliberate shift.

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May 15, 2026
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Retrospective: The Pakistan Army’s Air Defence Programs (2007–2026)

Between 2007 and 2026, the Pakistan Army (PA) transformed its air defence posture from a MANPADS-dependent force with sub-25 km reach into a multi-layered system spanning 125+ km in range, organized under a dedicated battle management architecture, and now contending with the emergent challenge of countering mass drone and loitering munition threats. This retrospective maps … Read more

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May 14, 2026
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SAHA 2026: Turkish Defence Industry Showcase – Loitering Munitions, Autonomous Naval Systems, and Export Growth

Three Turkish firms simultaneously unveiled 1,000 km+ loitering munitions at SAHA 2026. This Quwa Pro report maps every exhibit — from Baykar’s K2 to Aselsan’s kamikaze UUVs — and the Pakistan supply-chain play.

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May 12, 2026
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Pakistan Reveals Fatah-3 Supersonic Cruise Missile

In a video released on 08 May, Pakistan’s Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) revealed the Fatah-3 to be a ramjet-powered supersonic cruise missile (SSCM). Showing a still image of the weapon mid-launch from a road-mobile transporter-erector-launcher (TEL), the reveal marks the first public acknowledgement that the Pakistan Army has added a supersonic-cruising strike capability to … Read more

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May 11, 2026
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