Manufacturer catalog

NESCOM

NESCOM is the short public name for Pakistan's National Engineering and Scientific Commission, a state-linked Pakistani defense R&D organization associated with missile, rocket, UAV, and defense-electronics development. Public records describe an Islamabad-based commission with limited corporate disclosure, while defense reporting and product pages connect NESCOM-linked programs to Pakistan-origin guided rocket and missile systems.

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NESCOM is the compact name most public references use for Pakistan's National Engineering and Scientific Commission, the defense research and development organization that NTI describes as administering several Pakistani defense development programs. The commission appears in public records as an Islamabad-based, export-control-listed entity with limited English-language corporate disclosure.

NESCOM's public industrial footprint is easiest to see through specific weapon families rather than through open corporate filings. Publicly documented systems include the Fatah guided-rocket family, where GIDS product pages and defense reporting describe Pakistani precision-fire systems developed through NESCOM-linked programs and marketed through Pakistan's state defense export channels.

missile systemsguided rocketsUAVsdefense electronicsaerospace R&D

Notable Systems

Fatah-I / Fatah-1, Guided multiple launch rocket system, Artillery

Fatah-I / Fatah-1

Guided multiple launch rocket system

Fatah-I is the earlier published member of Pakistan's Fatah guided-rocket family; the catalog record identifies it as a NESCOM-developed guided MLRS marketed by GIDS, with GIDS and Dawn supporting the public product and test context.

Sources: GIDS FATAH-I product page, Dawn Fatah-1 test report
Fatah-II / Fatah-2, Surface-to-surface guided multiple launch rocket system, Artillery

Fatah-II

Surface-to-surface guided multiple launch rocket system

Fatah-II is the longer-range Fatah-family system in the catalog; Janes reported the Pakistan Army induction announcement, and the weapon record connects the system to NESCOM and GIDS public product context.

Sources: Janes Fatah-II launcher report

Manufacturer History

  1. NESCOM established

    NTI describes NESCOM as founded in 2000 to administer several Pakistani defense development programs.

    Sources: NTI NESCOM facility

  2. Founding chairman in place

    Public biographical material for Dr. Samar Mubarakmand identifies him as NESCOM's founding chairman from 2001 to 2007.

    Sources: Dr. Samar Mubarakmand profile

  3. U.S. export-control listing

    U.S. Federal Register notices list NESCOM at its Islamabad headquarters address in the Entity List update for Pakistani proliferation-linked entities.

    Sources: Federal Register Entity List

Website links
Official websiteNTI facility profileOpenSanctions record

NESCOM publishes little current English-language corporate detail, and its official domain did not resolve from this research environment on 2026-07-11. Public context is therefore drawn from NTI, export-control and sanctions records, Pakistani public reporting, product pages, and defense-industry reporting. No headquarters map is included because a geocoded headquarters source was not verified.

Manufacturer Sources

  • NTI NESCOM facilityPublisher: Nuclear Threat Initiative | Note: Supports NESCOM's 2000 founding, defense-development role, and program-oversight context for Pakistani missile and aerospace work. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Federal Register Entity ListPublisher: U.S. Government Publishing Office | Note: Supports NESCOM's Islamabad headquarters address and the U.S. export-control listing context for the organization. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • OpenSanctions NESCOM profilePublisher: OpenSanctions | Note: Supports NESCOM's short-name aliasing, Pakistan country attribution, and the same Islamabad address recorded in sanctions and screening data. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Dr. Samar Mubarakmand profilePublisher: Punjab Mineral Company | Note: Supports the founding-chairman timeline context by identifying Dr. Samar Mubarakmand as NESCOM's founding chairman from 2001 to 2007. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • GIDS FATAH-I product pagePublisher: Global Industrial & Defence Solutions | Note: Supports current Fatah-I product background and public specifications for a NESCOM-linked guided rocket system marketed by GIDS. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Dawn Fatah-1 test reportPublisher: Dawn | Note: Supports Fatah-I public test background from Pakistan's ISPR announcement, including the indigenous guided MLRS description and precision target-engagement role. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Janes Fatah-II launcher reportPublisher: Janes | Note: Supports Fatah-II as a NESCOM-linked product family and provides current product-background context for the manufacturer profile. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Wikimedia Commons Fatah-family launcher imagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Image provenance and licensing page for the Fatah-I and Fatah-II launcher image used to illustrate NESCOM-linked catalog systems. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Artillery

Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.

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Fatah-II / Fatah-2, Surface-to-surface guided multiple launch rocket system, Artillery2025 India-Pakistan ConflictFatah-II / Fatah-2Surface-to-surface guided multiple launch rocket systemBuilt in: PakistanFatah-II, also written Fatah-2, is a Pakistani surface-to-surface guided multiple launch rocket system developed by NESCOM and marketed by GIDS for long-range conventional precision fires. GIDS's current product page lists a 250 km range, 150 kg warhead, INS+GNSS guidance, and sub-10 m CEP, while earlier launch-era reporting cited 400 km and 365 kg claims. In the 2025 India-Pakistan Conflict it was tied to Pakistan's Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos strike narrative and to a reported intercept near Sirsa.