The Air Weapons Complex (AWC) ( ur, ) is a scientific research and development military complex engage in explosive engineering, specifically in airborne system. The AWC is operated and controlled by the

Pakistan Air Force , "Be it deserts or seas; all lie under our wings" (traditional) , colours = , colours_label = , march = , mascot = , anniversaries = ...

as its military unit that is dedicated towards developing and integrating the aerospace warfighting technologies and providing warfighting capabilities to the Pakistan Air Force. Since its establishment in 1992, the AWC has designed and developed the

air-launched cruise missile An air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) is a cruise missile that is launched from a military aircraft. Current versions are typically standoff weapons which are used to attack predetermined land targets with conventional, nuclear or thermonuclear p ...

(ALCM) for the Air Force and participated in technical demonstrations in conjunction with nation's major defense contractors such as

NESCOM The National Engineering & Scientific Commission (NESCOM) ( ur, ) is a Pakistani missile manufacturer and civilian research organization of Pakistan, under the administrative control of the Strategic Plans Division of Pakistan's National Command ...

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, and the

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(MoD).

Products

Airborne systems

* Airborne Video Tape Recorder (AVTR) system * Airborne Digital Data Recorder system * Infra-red search and track (IRST) system *

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navigation system * Mechanical gyro and iFOG-based inertial navigation system (INS) * MOHAFIZ counter-measures dispensing system *

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system for Mk.80 series bombs (license-manufactured design from the US)

Air-launched weaponry

* Practice bombs (6 kg, 11 kg) * 250 kg Pre-fragmented bomb * 250 kg

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* 500 kg Mk.83 bomb * 1000 kg Mk.84 bomb * Mk.80 series

tail units (low drag or high drag speed-retarding devices) * HAFR-1, HAFR-2 and RPB-1 anti-runway weapons *

H-2 SOW The H-2 SOW (Stand-Off Weapon) is a precision-guided glide bomb manufactured by NESCOM and deployed by the Pakistan Air Force, capable of striking targets at stand-off range. It has a terminal guidance system based on an infra-red imaging seeker ...

H-4 SOW The H-4 SOW (Stand-Off Weapon) is a precision-guided glide bomb manufactured by NESCOM and deployed by the Pakistan Air Force, capable of striking targets at stand-off range. It has a terminal guidance system based on an infrared homing seeker, ...

Ra'ad The Ra'ad ( ur, رعد, "Thunder") is a Pakistani air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) . The missile was first tested in August 2007. Development and design The Ra'ad is a joint project developed by Pakistan Air Force's Air Weapons Complex and ...

ALCM *

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ALCM

Electronics

* Air Defence Automation System (

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system) - given to Bangladesh, installed by AWC engineers circa 2005. * Electronic fuses for air-launched weapons (impact and proximity fuses) * Real-time ACMI system * Voice/Fax/Data encryption system

Other

* Multi-Spectral Camouflage Net - camouflages against night-vision, infra-red, radar and millimeter wave sensors as well as visual detection. Stated to reduce an object's radar cross-section (RCS) by 86% on average and reduce average detection range by 43.8%.

Technical Expertise

* Software Development for Mission Critical Systems *

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Software and Mechanical Support * Electronic System Design and Production * Prototyping and Production of Specialized Mechanical Assemblies * Mechanical Components Precision Manufacturing * TQM Practices * Mil-Spec Qualifications *

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/CAM Support

UAV project

The Air Weapons Complex embarked on a project for the indigenous development of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) in mid-1998. The Sky Tracker and Sky Navigator software suites were developed for the ground-based tracking of UAVs. The software retrieves the

position data from the UAV via a radio

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17 and uses it to show the position of the UAV as a 2D plot along with other essential data such as, speed, altitude, heading, etc. This plot can be overlaid onto area maps as well. This information is used by the pilot for flying the UAV from the ground-based command station.

References

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