250 km range, 320 km/h dash speed and a 25 kg warhead — the publicly revealed performance figures for Woot‑Tech Aerospace’s HiMark‑25(TJ), a turbojet-powered variant that marks a clear shift in Pakistan’s small cruise-munition landscape.
Woot‑Tech’s HiMark‑25(TJ): a turbojet variant and a naval customer
In April 2026 Woot‑Tech Aerospace publicly unveiled the HiMark‑25(TJ), a turbojet-powered offshoot of its propeller-driven HiMark‑25 loitering munition. Quwa reports the HiMark‑25(TJ) offers a roughly 250 km range, a 320 km/h dash speed and carries a 25 kg warhead. Industry sources informed Quwa that each HiMark‑25(TJ) unit can be had for less than $50,000 USD, placing it at the baseline price of the conceptually similar Russian Geran‑3.
Quwa further reports Woot‑Tech has an operational relationship with the Pakistan Navy (PN). The company has recently supported the PN’s unmanned surface vessel (USV) and target drone needs and supplied its SHARDS system to the PN’s special operations forces (SOF). Those ties suggest Woot‑Tech is at minimum marketing the HiMark‑25(TJ) to the PN, or that the design addresses a PN requirement for precisely such a munition.
GIDS/NESCOM’s Baaz Delta and the expanding small cruise family
Also revealed in April 2026 was GIDS’s (representing NESCOM) Baaz Delta, a jet‑powered one-way effector (OWE) that Quwa places in a broadly similar performance niche to the HiMark‑25(TJ). The Baaz Delta now joins a set of miniature cruise missiles in Pakistan’s portfolio that includes the Sarfarosh/Sarkash (reported at ~1,000 km range) and, possibly, the Blaze 75 (reported at ~500 km range).
Quwa notes NESCOM principally supports Pakistan Army (PA) requirements, while specific NESCOM bureaus such as the Air Weapons Complex (AWC) and Maritime Technologies Complex (MTC) support Pakistan Air Force (PAF) and PN projects. If Baaz Delta is not the product of AWC or MTC, Quwa judges it is likely commissioned by the PA or oriented toward export.
Siloed programs: Army, Air Force and Navy each pursuing overlapping OWEs
Quwa’s six‑month update highlights that the structural problem of siloed requirements persists. At present the PA, PN and PAF are each pursuing jet‑powered loitering munition or small cruise programs with overlapping features: the PA appears to be adopting the Sarfarosh and potentially the Baaz Delta; the PAF has the NASTP‑Baykar KaGeM V3; and the PN could operate the HiMark‑25(TJ).
All of these systems, Quwa notes, are small cruise designs intended to deliver long‑range precision fires at lower cost than larger guided munitions. The overlap creates redundancies, particularly in production, even as it creates an opportunity: standardization around a simple jet‑powered OWE could enable mass manufacture at lower unit cost if coupled with indigenous sourcing.
Production constraints, cost dynamics and employment options
Quwa argues the turbojet engine itself is likely the principal incremental cost driver between jet and piston subvariants; otherwise unit cost is driven by airframe materials, number of subassemblies and supply‑chain simplicity. The HiMark‑25(TJ) appears to reflect a deliberate choice for simplicity: Quwa reports Woot‑Tech’s unit price under $50,000 and notes that further reductions are possible if every component can be sourced at scale within Pakistan.
With scale, Quwa outlines employment options for Pakistan’s armed forces: massed strikes to saturate enemy integrated air defence systems (IADS), targeted attacks against high‑value items, or use as decoys to mask tactical ballistic and long‑range cruise missile launches — for example, to blunt detection of Taimur, Fatah‑IV and Harbah‑NG strikes.
What this means for the Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Army, and Pakistani defence exporters
- Pakistan Navy (PN): With supplier relationships already evident, the PN is positioned to receive or operate HiMark‑25(TJ)‑class OWEs and to integrate them alongside USV and SOF capabilities.
- Pakistan Army (PA): The PA’s apparent commissioning or interest in Baaz Delta, and existing adoption of Sarfarosh, signal continued investment in long‑range, lower‑cost precision fires that fit land‑centric operational concepts.
- Pakistani defence exporters and manufacturers: If industry and state players standardize a simple, indigenously sourceable jet OWE and invest in production capacity, Quwa suggests Pakistan could manufacture Shahed/Geran‑style drones cheaply and at scale — creating export potential contingent on cost and supply‑chain autonomy.
Quwa’s update documents a clear shift: Pakistan’s defence industrial base has moved from accumulating OWE‑adjacent capabilities to deliberately designing and revealing jet‑powered OWEs. Whether those efforts coalesce into a standardized, high‑volume programme or remain service‑specific projects with overlapping features will determine both production economics and how these systems are employed. Read the original Quwa brief.
