Air Weapons Complex

Air Weapons Complex
Type	Defence Company
Industry	Aerospace and defense technology
Founded	18 February 1992
Headquarters	Wah, Punjab, Pakistan
Key people	Air Vice Marshal Shahid Niaz, Director-General
Products	Aerospace equipment Military aircraft Communication & Navigation equipment Space systems
Number of employees	30,000
Parent	Pakistan Aeronautical Complex

Air Weapons Complex (AWC) is a development and production centre for airborne weapons systems in Pakistan, more recently becoming involved in various commercial and other non-military projects also. The facility began operations in 1992 and has since grown considerably.^[1]^[2] Located near Wah, Pakistan, AWC now works under the umbrella organization of NESCOM.

Products

Airborne systems

Airborne Video Tape Recorder (AVTR) system
Airborne Digital Data Recorder system
Infra-red search and track (IRST) system
GPS navigation system
Mechanical gyro and iFOG-based inertial navigation system (INS)
MOHAFIZ counter-measures dispensing system
Laser guidance system for Mk.80 series bombs (license-manufactured design from the US)^[3]

Air-launched weaponry

Practice bombs (6 kg, 11 kg)
250 kg Pre-fragmented bomb
250 kg Mk.82 general purpose bomb
500 kg Mk.83 bomb
1000 kg Mk.84 bomb
Mk.80 series general purpose bomb tail units (low drag or high drag speed-retarding devices)
HAFR-1, HAFR-2^[4] and RPB-1 anti-runway weapons^[5] (possibly variants of the Matra Durandal)
Ra'ad ALCM^[6]

Electronics

Air Defence Automation System (C4I system) - exported to Bangladesh, installed by AWC technicians circa 2005.^[7]
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%.^[8]

Technical Expertise

Software Development for Mission Critical Systems
Electronic System Design and Production
Prototyping and Production of Specialized Mechanical Assemblies
Mechanical Components Precision Manufacturing
TQM Practices
Mil-Spec Qualifications
CAD/CAM Support^[9]^[10]

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 GPS position data from the UAV via a radio data-link 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.^[11]^[12]^[13]

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