The Air Weapons Complex (AWC) is a scientific research and development detachment of the Pakistan Air Force that engages and leads projects in airborne applications of explosive engineering.
Established in 1992 by the Pakistan Air Force, the AWC is dedicated towards developing and integrating the aerospace warfighting technologies and providing warfighting capabilities to the Pakistan Air Force. The AWC has designed and developed the air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) for the Air Force and participated in technical demonstrations in conjunction with nation's major defense contractors such as NESCOM, DESTO, and the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
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)
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 and RPB-1 anti-runway weapons H-2 SOW H-4 SOW Ra'ad ALCM Ra'ad-II ALCM
Electronics
Air Defence Automation System (C4I 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
Nondestructive Testing 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
CAD/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 GPS position data from the UAV via a radio data-link17 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.