# TALON at Pakistan: deployment

Canonical ID: `83646323-fc46-4e76-ac16-74bad7e8cf2a`

[QinetiQ North America](/companies/qinetiq.md) received a USD 7.8 million order to supply [TALON](/models/qinetiq-talon.md) military robots for EOD mission support to [Pakistan](/locations/pakistan.md)'s military forces, facilitated by the U.S. Navy under Foreign Military Sales.

## Key facts

- **Operator:** Pakistan Military Forces
- **Contract value:** USD 7.8 million
- **Channel:** U.S. Navy Foreign Military Sales

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-08-09_

- **Slug:** qinetiq-talon-pakistan
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [TALON](/models/qinetiq-talon.md) (id: `f47d4ea4-848f-4cb8-b8f6-fc99fa315056`)
- **Category:** [Defense UGV](/defense-ugv)
- **Company:** [QinetiQ](/companies/qinetiq.md) (id: `b40819d1-0a9f-4264-9a57-edc9ecaf2d35`)
- **Location:** [Pakistan](/locations/pakistan.md) (id: `4d03bcdd-1314-4e05-9600-9ec7e80c3921`)
- **First seen:** 2013-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. **More QinetiQ TALON Robots Heading To Pakistan Military** · https://www.defensedaily.com/more-qinetiq-talon-robots-heading-to-pakistan-military/international/ · 2013-12-01

## Common questions

### What is the TALON deployment at Pakistan?

TALON, built by QinetiQ, is recorded as a deployment at Pakistan on the DEPLOY registry. QinetiQ operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates TALON at Pakistan?

QinetiQ, the manufacturer of TALON, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the TALON deployment at Pakistan go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting December 1, 2013 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the TALON deployment at Pakistan?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


_API: GET /v1/robots/83646323-fc46-4e76-ac16-74bad7e8cf2a · feeds: GET /v1/feeds?deploymentId=83646323-fc46-4e76-ac16-74bad7e8cf2a · canonical URL: /deployments/qinetiq-talon-pakistan_