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 Authority and is headquartered in Islamabad, Pakistan.

In 2007, it was reported that NESCOM had exported military equipment worth approximately $40 million annually to various countries in the Middle East, South East Asia, and Africa. According to then-Chairman Samar Mubarakmand, NESCOM had developed various communication systems and electronic counter-measures systems for the Pakistan Air Force and Pakistan Navy.

History

National Engineering & Scientific Commission (NESCOM) was formed in 2000 by amalgamating the National Development Complex, Air Weapons Complex, Maritime Technologies Complex and the Project Management Organization.

In the early 2000s, NESCOM rapidly achieved several firsts. Among them, was the development of the Shaheen family of missiles, the Babur ground-launched cruise missile and the Ra'ad air-launched cruise missile.

Organization

In 2004, it was revealed by then-Director Samar Mubarakmand that NESCOM was organized into divisions, with each division being headed by a top scientist of international repute having around 600-1000 engineers and technicians under his supervision.

The following organizations are grouped together under NESCOM:
* National Development Complex - responsible for the development of Pakistan's ground-based, solid-fueled ballistic missiles and cruise missile systems
* PMO - responsible for the development of ground-launched cruise missiles and other surface-to-air and surface-to-surface ammunition
* Air Weapons Complex - responsible for the development of air-launched cruise missiles and other air-to-air and air-to-surface ammunition
* Maritime Technologies Complex - responsible for the development of maritime defense systems including ship design, radars, sonar equipment, weapon launch systems.

Research Divisions

* Aerospace
* Missiles & Rockets
* Electronics & Electro-optics
* C4ISR & Navigation
* Ammunition
* Land systems
* Naval systems
* Materials & Chemical systems
* Cyber securities

Notable Products & Projects

Ballistic Missile Systems

* Nasr - solid-fueled hypersonic Tactical ballistic missile system with a range of 70-90 kilometres (km).
* Abdali - solid-fueled short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) system with a range of 200 km.
* Ghaznavi - short-range ballistic missile system with a range of 320 km.
* Shaheen-I - solid-fueled ballistic missile system with a reported range of 900 km. The Shaheen was Pakistan's first solid-fueled missile. The missile project began in 1995 and the development and design was carried out by NESCOM's predecessor, the National Development Complex (NDC).
* Shaheen-IA - an upgraded version of the Shaheen-I with a range of 1000 km. The upgrade was supposedly carried out by NESCOM in the early 2000s and supposedly included a terminal guidance system, improved radar-avoidance capability and stealth features.
* Ababeel - solid-fueled multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV)-capable ballistic missile system with a reported range of 2,200 km.
* Shaheen-II - solid-fueled medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) system with a reported range of 2,500 km.
* Shaheen-III - solid-fueled ballistic missile system with a reported range of 2,750 km.

Land-Based Guided Missile Systems

* Babur-I - ground-launched anti ship and land attack cruise missile with a reported range of 700 km to 900 km
* Babur-II - an upgraded ground-launched anti ship and land attack cruise missile of Babur-I with a reported range of 750 km

Ship-Based Guided Missile Systems

* Harbah - ship-launched anti ship and land attack cruise missile derived from Babur-II with an estimated range of 750 km

Submarine-Based Guided Missile Systems

* Babur-III - submarine-launched anti ship and land attack cruise missile derived from Babur-II with a reported range of 450 km

Air-to-Surface Guided Missile Systems

* Barq - air-launched laser-guided missile carried on the Burraq UCAV, reported range of 8 to 12 km
* Ra'ad - air-launched cruise missile with an original range of 350 km
* Ra'ad-II - an upgraded air-launched cruise missile of Ra'ad reported range of 600 km

Air-to-Air Missiles

* Air-to-air missile research – It was reported in November 2001 that the Aerospace Division of NDC was doing "preliminary studies" for developing a new medium range air-to-air missile. According to the report no full scale hardware had yet been built but investigations by NDC engineers into various design approaches were ongoing. The report stated that suggested that the missile may use active radar homing.

Guided Bombs

* H-2 SOW – precision-guided munition
* H-4 SOW – precision-guided munition

Unguided Bombs

* 250 kg – Pre-fragmented bomb
* 250 kg Mk.82 – General-purpose bomb
* 500 kg Mk.83 – General-purpose bomb
* 1000 kg Mk.84 – General-purpose bomb
* HAFR-1, HAFR-2 and RPB-1 – Anti-runway Bombs (possibly variants of the Matra Durandal)
* 6 kg, 11 kg Practice bombs

Depleted Uranium Ammunition

* 105 mm anti-tank round – a DU APFSDS anti-tank round developed to be fired by Type 59 tanks (upgraded with 105 mm guns) in service with the Pakistan Army. Reported to have a muzzle velocity of 1,450 m/s and be capable of penetrating 450 mm of rolled homogeneous armour (RHA) at an unspecified range.
* Naiza (125 mm anti-tank round) – a DU APFSDS anti-tank round developed to be fired by T-80UD tanks in service with the Pakistan Army. A model of the round was put on display at the IDEX 2001 exhibition in the United Arab Emira