Global Industrial & Defence Solutions
Global Industrial & Defence Solutions (GIDS) is a Pakistani state-owned defence conglomerate, founded in 2007 and headquartered in Rawalpindi, Punjab, and owned by the Government of Pakistan.
History and products
GIDS was established to build domestic defence-manufacturing capability across air, land and sea systems and to reduce Pakistan's reliance on imported military equipment. It began with conventional ordnance and protective equipment, including general-purpose bombs, depth charges, grenades, ballistic helmets and body armour, before expanding into guided weapons, precision-guidance and range-extension kits, anti-tank and man-portable air-defence missiles, and naval and undersea systems. GIDS describes itself as Pakistan's largest defence manufacturer and the country's largest state-owned UAV producer, building medium-range tactical, short-range hand-launched, and VTOL drone families including the Shahpar series, Uqab, Sarkash and Scout lines, alongside guided missiles such as Harbah and Baktar-Shikan and guided-bomb kits such as Al Battaar.
Products on this site
The Shahpar-II Block-II is a medium-altitude, long-endurance armed UCAV in GIDS's tactical UAV line. The UQAB NG is a tactical reconnaissance UAV. Scout VTOL is a man-portable quadcopter for day/night ISR, carrying a 2 kg payload.
Aircraft by Global Industrial & Defence Solutions
Global Industrial & Defence Solutions lists 3 drones and UAVs. Maximum take-off weight ranges from 13 kg (Scout VTOL) to 480 kg (Shahpar-II Block-II). The longest endurance is 8 hours (UQAB NG). The longest range is 250 km (Shahpar-II Block-II).
| Aircraft listed | 3 |
|---|---|
| Heaviest (MTOW) | Shahpar-II Block-II · 480 kg |
| Longest endurance | UQAB NG · 8 h |
| Longest range | Shahpar-II Block-II · 250 km |
| Fastest | Shahpar-II Block-II · 150 km/h |
| Highest ceiling | UQAB NG · 5486.4 m |
| With verified specs | 3 of 3 |
