Air Weapons Complex

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)