Military goods: Pakistan looks to increase defence exports

[jamesseo89]

I think KRL should work on new Baktar Shikan like this one:
Polyphem
ALAS missile

 

[razgriz19]

yeah, a new Anti-tank/multi-purpose missile is needed that can be carried by troops, vehicles, or choppers.
I see in videos and pictures, our poor soldiers still carry good'ol RPG-7 on their shoulders. They need a new guided weapon!

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

I think KRL should work on new Baktar Shikan like this one:
Polyphem
ALAS missile

last we heard a new version of BS was tested with fire and forgot capability unlike the older wire guided ones

yeah, a new Anti-tank/multi-purpose missile is needed that can be carried by troops, vehicles, or choppers.
I see in videos and pictures, our poor soldiers still carry good'ol RPG-7 on their shoulders. They need a new guided weapon!

yes like Javelin

 

[Nishan_101]

I think Pakistan's DEPO should Firstly look towards Muslim Countries and secondly on Africa, South America and Even EU countries too. I am sure if they do then we can reach a target of about $3-5 Billions in weapons sale each year.

 

[That Guy]

I think Pakistan's DEPO should Firstly look towards Muslim Countries and secondly on Africa, South America and Even EU countries too. I am sure if they do then we can reach a target of about $3-5 Billions in weapons sale each year.

Most Muslim countries that can afford Pakistani made defence goods already get their stuff from either the US, or EU. The best target for Pakistan would be African and Latin American nations.

yeah, a new Anti-tank/multi-purpose missile is needed that can be carried by troops, vehicles, or choppers.
I see in videos and pictures, our poor soldiers still carry good'ol RPG-7 on their shoulders. They need a new guided weapon!

To be fair, the RPG-7 is still a useful weapon and has more than proven it's worth.

 

[Nishan_101]

But still there is much needed space for Pakistani made Weapons, Engineering products and medical products all across Africa and South America and not to forget EU... which we still don't know.

 

[prince khan]

made in pakistan

 

[janon]

What is interesting to me is that Pakistan has a ministry for defence production. I have always wanted the govt of India to have a ministry for defence production and indigenization. The absence of such an entity shows lack of strategic vision in India.

 

[haviZsultan]

Pakistan must increase its defense exports. Pakistan can become a powerful exporter of military weapons.

 

[denel]

you must be out of your mind my friend.
Focus on the economy. People are suffering and power cuts are crippling the industrial/civilians.
Fix that and the rest will come on its own.
stop glorifying weapons. trust me i have seen war first hand and know what it is like to be on the field.
it is mothers, sisters, daugthers who cry for the remaining lives.

 

[fatman17]

DSA 2010: Pakistan links defence export drive with private sector growth


Author:Jon Grevatt - Asia-Pacific Industry Reporter, Kuala Lumpur

Last posted:2010-04-21



Key Points
• Exports are being increasingly regarded as a key component in Pakistan's attempt to expand the private defence sector, says the head of the country's export arm.

• State-owned firms are under increasing pressure due to the demands of 'war on terror'


Pakistan is aiming to increase defence exports as part of a campaign to drive the expansion of its private sector and provide much-needed support to state-owned enterprises under increasing pressure from the demands of the 'war on terror', the head of Pakistan's Defence Export Promotion Organisation (DEPO) has stated .

Major General Muhammad Ijaz Hussain Awan, director general of DEPO, said at the Defence Services Asia (DSA) Exhibition and Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 19 April that defence exports of Pakistan-made equipment had grown to more than USD400 million annually by 2009 and that continued growth is being targeted in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

According to a recent analysis, the growth in exports represents a rise of around 300 per cent over the past decade.

"Security-related products such as protection equipment, bullet-proof jackets and bullet-proof vehicles are proving successful in these markets. In the short term these preventive and security-related products are regarded as key for our exports," said Gen Awan.

In the longer term, he said that larger, more advanced platforms - such as the JF-17 combat fighter aircraft that Pakistan has developed with China - will be marketed.

"The JF-17 is in the initial stages and we will not meet the full requirements of the Pakistan armed forces for another decade. But once we are done and our own needs are fulfilled then we can start looking for exports."

Gen Awan attributed the growth of Pakistan's exports to a number of factors. "The strengths of Pakistan equipment include the international quality of Pakistan equipment, which is ensured by ISO standards. The second is that we have no political strings attached to defence deals: we are not a country that has a political axe to grind.

"We can also assure a supply of back-up spares and service support and we are internationally competitive in terms of providing quality at a cost effective price. Another important factor is that we are not looking for cash flow only: we can have barter trade where we sell something and in turn buy something back instead of taking hard cash and this makes the buyer that [much] more agreeable."

Gen Awan added that while the vast majority of exports are manufactured by state-owned firms - such as Heavy Industries Taxila, Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) and Pakistan Aeronautical Complex - the private sector was being encouraged to expand its capabilities through partnerships with companies in Pakistan and abroad to increase exports.

The benefit of such a campaign, he stressed, is also aimed at supporting state-owned firms in supplying equipment to Pakistan's armed forces, which are fighting the war on terror.

The need for this support was highlighted in March 2010 when the POF, which specialises in the production of rifles, machine guns, mortars, ammunition and explosives, requested a government grant of USD250 million to modernise its facilities and help meet a growing production backlog.

The POF made the recommendation to the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Defence and Defence Production. Lieutenant General Javed Ashraf, chairman of the committee, stated at the time that "outdated manufacturing processes" had so far caused POF to turn away production orders worth around USD500 million.

While Gen Awan would not comment on the condition of the POF, he did emphasise that state-owned defence companies were coming under increasing pressure to fulfil the requirements of the country's armed forces.

"The war on terror is going on in our neighbourhood and we have a very sizeable army - around 100,000 strong - committed to these operations," he said. "Products are being used too much and [are] far too quickly being wasted in war, and [state-owned companies] are under pressure to produce enough equipment to meet the requirements. Of course, if the private sector can chip in it would reduce this pressure.

"We are capable of sustaining this but to reduce the pressure it is better to get the private sector on board. Of course [state-owned companies] do need resources because 'the richer the better' but these companies were initially funded and organised to sustain the Pakistan armed forces in a conventional and predictable conflict for a limited period, because a conventional war does not continue for years and years and years.

"But this war on terror is a menace that is lingering since 9/11. It is now nearly 10 years and we still don't know when the end will come. This prolonged engagement is a consistent and constant drain on industry resources. To meet this requirement and to keep the factories churning out the equipment you need a high level of resources."

The private sector, said Gen Awan, could provide some of these resources by establishing more partnerships with state-owned firms. "Now we are evolving a policy of first encouraging the private sector to invest in research and technology and meet the requirements of the Pakistan armed forces and then to focus on exports," he said.

"We are trying to encourage the private sector to form joint ventures and public private partnerships essentially with other Pakistan companies but if some foreign company is interested in coming in we have not closed our doors to anyone."

JDW.

 

[Black Eagle 90]

DSA 2010: Pakistan links defence export drive with private sector growth


Author:Jon Grevatt - Asia-Pacific Industry Reporter, Kuala Lumpur

Last posted:2010-04-21



Key Points
• Exports are being increasingly regarded as a key component in Pakistan's attempt to expand the private defence sector, says the head of the country's export arm.

• State-owned firms are under increasing pressure due to the demands of 'war on terror'


Pakistan is aiming to increase defence exports as part of a campaign to drive the expansion of its private sector and provide much-needed support to state-owned enterprises under increasing pressure from the demands of the 'war on terror', the head of Pakistan's Defence Export Promotion Organisation (DEPO) has stated .

Major General Muhammad Ijaz Hussain Awan, director general of DEPO, said at the Defence Services Asia (DSA) Exhibition and Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 19 April that defence exports of Pakistan-made equipment had grown to more than USD400 million annually by 2009 and that continued growth is being targeted in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

According to a recent analysis, the growth in exports represents a rise of around 300 per cent over the past decade.

"Security-related products such as protection equipment, bullet-proof jackets and bullet-proof vehicles are proving successful in these markets. In the short term these preventive and security-related products are regarded as key for our exports," said Gen Awan.

In the longer term, he said that larger, more advanced platforms - such as the JF-17 combat fighter aircraft that Pakistan has developed with China - will be marketed.

"The JF-17 is in the initial stages and we will not meet the full requirements of the Pakistan armed forces for another decade. But once we are done and our own needs are fulfilled then we can start looking for exports."

Gen Awan attributed the growth of Pakistan's exports to a number of factors. "The strengths of Pakistan equipment include the international quality of Pakistan equipment, which is ensured by ISO standards. The second is that we have no political strings attached to defence deals: we are not a country that has a political axe to grind.

"We can also assure a supply of back-up spares and service support and we are internationally competitive in terms of providing quality at a cost effective price. Another important factor is that we are not looking for cash flow only: we can have barter trade where we sell something and in turn buy something back instead of taking hard cash and this makes the buyer that [much] more agreeable."

Gen Awan added that while the vast majority of exports are manufactured by state-owned firms - such as Heavy Industries Taxila, Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) and Pakistan Aeronautical Complex - the private sector was being encouraged to expand its capabilities through partnerships with companies in Pakistan and abroad to increase exports.

The benefit of such a campaign, he stressed, is also aimed at supporting state-owned firms in supplying equipment to Pakistan's armed forces, which are fighting the war on terror.

The need for this support was highlighted in March 2010 when the POF, which specialises in the production of rifles, machine guns, mortars, ammunition and explosives, requested a government grant of USD250 million to modernise its facilities and help meet a growing production backlog.

The POF made the recommendation to the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Defence and Defence Production. Lieutenant General Javed Ashraf, chairman of the committee, stated at the time that "outdated manufacturing processes" had so far caused POF to turn away production orders worth around USD500 million.

While Gen Awan would not comment on the condition of the POF, he did emphasise that state-owned defence companies were coming under increasing pressure to fulfil the requirements of the country's armed forces.

"The war on terror is going on in our neighbourhood and we have a very sizeable army - around 100,000 strong - committed to these operations," he said. "Products are being used too much and [are] far too quickly being wasted in war, and [state-owned companies] are under pressure to produce enough equipment to meet the requirements. Of course, if the private sector can chip in it would reduce this pressure.

"We are capable of sustaining this but to reduce the pressure it is better to get the private sector on board. Of course [state-owned companies] do need resources because 'the richer the better' but these companies were initially funded and organised to sustain the Pakistan armed forces in a conventional and predictable conflict for a limited period, because a conventional war does not continue for years and years and years.

"But this war on terror is a menace that is lingering since 9/11. It is now nearly 10 years and we still don't know when the end will come. This prolonged engagement is a consistent and constant drain on industry resources. To meet this requirement and to keep the factories churning out the equipment you need a high level of resources."

The private sector, said Gen Awan, could provide some of these resources by establishing more partnerships with state-owned firms. "Now we are evolving a policy of first encouraging the private sector to invest in research and technology and meet the requirements of the Pakistan armed forces and then to focus on exports," he said.

"We are trying to encourage the private sector to form joint ventures and public private partnerships essentially with other Pakistan companies but if some foreign company is interested in coming in we have not closed our doors to anyone."

JDW.

Its about the work which DEPO should do like focusing on each market thouroughly as we don't know where we would hit a deal.

 

[Asian.Century]

Although defence exports flourishing day by da. Only Private sector linking and Introducing modernisation of factories, the defence sector will shoot upwards.

Anyone knows the 2013 sales of Pakistani Military Exports ?

And What is 2014 exports ?

there are still some hard issues to solve:

1.Customer care facilitation and security.
2.A big need in spending money in RND, if we want to compete in global market.
3.Better advertisement of Pakistan and its Defense industry.
4.There should be Media coverage of Defense ordnance, Research development and IDEAS 2014.

 

[Interceptor2014]

DSA 2010: Pakistan links defence export drive with private sector growth


Author:Jon Grevatt - Asia-Pacific Industry Reporter, Kuala Lumpur

Last posted:2010-04-21



Key Points
• Exports are being increasingly regarded as a key component in Pakistan's attempt to expand the private defence sector, says the head of the country's export arm.

• State-owned firms are under increasing pressure due to the demands of 'war on terror'


Pakistan is aiming to increase defence exports as part of a campaign to drive the expansion of its private sector and provide much-needed support to state-owned enterprises under increasing pressure from the demands of the 'war on terror', the head of Pakistan's Defence Export Promotion Organisation (DEPO) has stated .

Major General Muhammad Ijaz Hussain Awan, director general of DEPO, said at the Defence Services Asia (DSA) Exhibition and Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 19 April that defence exports of Pakistan-made equipment had grown to more than USD400 million annually by 2009 and that continued growth is being targeted in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

According to a recent analysis, the growth in exports represents a rise of around 300 per cent over the past decade.

"Security-related products such as protection equipment, bullet-proof jackets and bullet-proof vehicles are proving successful in these markets. In the short term these preventive and security-related products are regarded as key for our exports," said Gen Awan.

In the longer term, he said that larger, more advanced platforms - such as the JF-17 combat fighter aircraft that Pakistan has developed with China - will be marketed.

"The JF-17 is in the initial stages and we will not meet the full requirements of the Pakistan armed forces for another decade. But once we are done and our own needs are fulfilled then we can start looking for exports."

Gen Awan attributed the growth of Pakistan's exports to a number of factors. "The strengths of Pakistan equipment include the international quality of Pakistan equipment, which is ensured by ISO standards. The second is that we have no political strings attached to defence deals: we are not a country that has a political axe to grind.

"We can also assure a supply of back-up spares and service support and we are internationally competitive in terms of providing quality at a cost effective price. Another important factor is that we are not looking for cash flow only: we can have barter trade where we sell something and in turn buy something back instead of taking hard cash and this makes the buyer that [much] more agreeable."

Gen Awan added that while the vast majority of exports are manufactured by state-owned firms - such as Heavy Industries Taxila, Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) and Pakistan Aeronautical Complex - the private sector was being encouraged to expand its capabilities through partnerships with companies in Pakistan and abroad to increase exports.

The benefit of such a campaign, he stressed, is also aimed at supporting state-owned firms in supplying equipment to Pakistan's armed forces, which are fighting the war on terror.

The need for this support was highlighted in March 2010 when the POF, which specialises in the production of rifles, machine guns, mortars, ammunition and explosives, requested a government grant of USD250 million to modernise its facilities and help meet a growing production backlog.

The POF made the recommendation to the National Assembly's Standing Committee on Defence and Defence Production. Lieutenant General Javed Ashraf, chairman of the committee, stated at the time that "outdated manufacturing processes" had so far caused POF to turn away production orders worth around USD500 million.

While Gen Awan would not comment on the condition of the POF, he did emphasise that state-owned defence companies were coming under increasing pressure to fulfil the requirements of the country's armed forces.

"The war on terror is going on in our neighbourhood and we have a very sizeable army - around 100,000 strong - committed to these operations," he said. "Products are being used too much and [are] far too quickly being wasted in war, and [state-owned companies] are under pressure to produce enough equipment to meet the requirements. Of course, if the private sector can chip in it would reduce this pressure.

"We are capable of sustaining this but to reduce the pressure it is better to get the private sector on board. Of course [state-owned companies] do need resources because 'the richer the better' but these companies were initially funded and organised to sustain the Pakistan armed forces in a conventional and predictable conflict for a limited period, because a conventional war does not continue for years and years and years.

"But this war on terror is a menace that is lingering since 9/11. It is now nearly 10 years and we still don't know when the end will come. This prolonged engagement is a consistent and constant drain on industry resources. To meet this requirement and to keep the factories churning out the equipment you need a high level of resources."

The private sector, said Gen Awan, could provide some of these resources by establishing more partnerships with state-owned firms. "Now we are evolving a policy of first encouraging the private sector to invest in research and technology and meet the requirements of the Pakistan armed forces and then to focus on exports," he said.

"We are trying to encourage the private sector to form joint ventures and public private partnerships essentially with other Pakistan companies but if some foreign company is interested in coming in we have not closed our doors to anyone."

JDW.

I think soon all of the industries are going to be privatized....