The aerospace industry is a big money game, with a handful of dominant firms scooping up generational government contracts worth many billions of dollars apiece. Lockheed. Boeing. Northrop.

Meanwhile, the North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco, a twin-turboprop, multi-role aircraft, served the PAF for nearly 40 years, having been introduced in 1991. Proven in the Vietnam War and the ...