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While Embraer is partnered with Saab to manufacture the Swedish jet, Embraer CEO Francisco Gomes Neto said the fighter market “is not a place that we want to go to,” adding that the company is “studying other segments first.”
A still from a recent PAF promotional video suggests that NASTP is studying a structural upgrade of the Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C. Quwa examines what the front-fuselage changes might involve – from an ESM/ELINT fit to a longer-term GaN radar retrofit – and why the most accurate framing is a mid-life update.
The post Is Pakistan’s NASTP Upgrading the PAF’s Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C? first appeared on Quwa.
In a statement announcing both moves, Stockholm said that Kyiv “plans to allocate” €2.5 billion ($2.9 billion) from the European Union’s Ukraine Support Loan to fund the package for the more modern Gripen combat aircraft.
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The post Market Intelligence Retrospective: The Pakistan Air Force’s Special Mission Aircraft (2007–2026) first appeared on Quwa.
One year after the 7 May 2025 air battle, the claim that PAF used Chinese XS-3 datalinks to guide PL-15E missiles via Erieye AWACS has become the default explanation. Tracing the claim back to its origins tells a different story.
The post How the AWACS-Guided BVR Narrative Was Built – and What the Evidence Actually Shows first appeared on Quwa.
The RBS 70 is a Swedish man-portable short-range air defence system manufactured by Saab Bofors Dynamics. The Pakistan Army operates the RBS 70 as its VSHORAD (Very Short Range Air Defence) platform. Using laser beam-riding guidance that is virtually immune to infrared countermeasures, the RBS 70 has proven itself in combat from the Iran-Iraq War to the Russo-Ukrainian War.
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The RBS 70 is a Swedish man-portable short-range air defence system manufactured by Saab Bofors Dynamics. The Pakistan Army operates the RBS 70 as its VSHORAD (Very Short Range Air Defence) platform. Using laser beam-riding guidance that is virtually immune to infrared countermeasures, the RBS 70 has proven itself in combat from the Iran-Iraq War to the Russo-Ukrainian War.
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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
The post Retrospective: The Pakistan Army’s Air Defence Programs (2007–2026) first appeared on Quwa.
Amid strained relations between the US and Canada, Saab is positioning its fighter as an alternative to American-made F-35s.
Initially announced at the Paris Air Show in June, the deal makes France the second customer for the Swedish Airborne Early Warning and Control planes after the UAE.