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Eurosatory 2018

Pakistan highlights indigenous technology [ES18D4]

14 June 2018

First-time Eurosatory exhibitor, state-owned Global Industrial and Defence Solutions (GIDS) of Pakistan (Hall 5A, Stand H587), which is promoting self-reliance through indigenous technology, is showing some of its core activities in the defence domain. Among its range of unmanned aerial systems (UAVs), the company counts a variety of short-range, hand-launched or VTOL surveillance systems and its medium-endurance tactical Shahpar and Uqab systems.

The latest version offered is the Uqab-NG, with a ceiling of 20,000ft and endurance of 10 hours. It is launched by catapult from any type of terrain.

Focused on solutions for air, land, sea and special operations forces, GIDS has brought its Shahpar (pictured) and Scout UAVs, which are in use with the Pakistani Special Forces.

“Our UAV packages are designed to be flexible, affordable and customisable to meet the varying needs of clients and their peculiar environments,” said sales and marketing director, Asad Kamal.

The company is also showing general-purpose steel and pre-fragmentation bombs, ranging from 125kg to 1,000kg. Having improved on the performance of the MK series of bombs, GIDS has diversified its customer base to air forces in the Middle East, Europe, South East Asia and Africa.

 

[fatman17]

Industry
Pakistan Senate calls for defence industry reforms
Jon Grevatt, Bangkok - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
17 July 2018

The Pakistan Senate’s Standing Committee on Defence Production has called for a raft of reforms to enhance the competitiveness of the domestic defence industry.

Following a hearing on 16 July, the committee said in a statement that while the country’s Ministry of Defence Production (MoDP) has supported strong industrial advancement in Pakistan, further efforts are required to boost efficiencies.

The committee went on to list several directives it wanted the MoDP to pursue.

Personnel reforms include the requirement to ensure that board members are “selected on merit” and that state-owned defence enterprises advance research and development (R&D) capability by appointing “competent professionals” who are supported by “sufficient funds to excel in R&D pursuits”.

 

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Industry
Pakistan Senate calls for defence industry reforms
Jon Grevatt, Bangkok - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
17 July 2018

The Pakistan Senate’s Standing Committee on Defence Production has called for a raft of reforms to enhance the competitiveness of the domestic defence industry.

Following a hearing on 16 July, the committee said in a statement that while the country’s Ministry of Defence Production (MoDP) has supported strong industrial advancement in Pakistan, further efforts are required to boost efficiencies.

The committee went on to list several directives it wanted the MoDP to pursue.

Personnel reforms include the requirement to ensure that board members are “selected on merit” and that state-owned defence enterprises advance research and development (R&D) capability by appointing “competent professionals” who are supported by “sufficient funds to excel in R&D pursuits”.

Amazing it took them this long to get this to recommend !. Fire all military volks on these committee and enterprises; give the leadership and innovation responsibility to out of the box thinkers. This level of subservience to the gun is enough and kills innovation.

 

[fatman17]

Amazing it took them this long to get this to recommend !. Fire all military volks on these committee and enterprises; give the leadership and innovation responsibility to out of the box thinkers. This level of subservience to the gun is enough and kills innovation.

this committee and the previous govt haven't released the US500m to upgrade the HIT and its tank building facility which was requested 5 years ago. no fault of the military volks, just not interested to build a defense industry which has great export potential.

this committee and the previous govt haven't released the US500m to upgrade the HIT and its tank building facility which was requested 5 years ago. no fault of the military volks, just not interested to build a defense industry which has great export potential.

having said that, the marketing effort should be given to the professionals plus the private sector needs to be involved more and more.

 

[fatman17]

frica Aerospace & Defence 2018
Core activities from Pakistan [AAD18D2]

20 September 2018

Global Industrial and Defence Solutions (GIDS) of Pakistan (Hangar 7, Stand CW 3) is showing some of its core activities in the defence domain. Among its range of unmanned aerial systems (UAVs), the company counts a variety of short-range, hand-launched or VTOL surveillance systems and its medium-endurance tactical Shahpar and Uqab systems.

The latest version offered is the Uqab-NG, with a ceiling of 20,000ft and endurance of 10 hours. It is launched by catapult from any type of terrain. According to the company, its UAV packages are designed to be flexible, affordable and customisable to meet the varying needs of clients and their peculiar environments.

Focused on solutions for air, land, sea and special operations forces, GIDS brought its Shahpar and Scout UAVs, which are operated by the Pakistani Special Forces.

The company is also showing general-purpose steel and pre-fragmentation bombs, ranging from 125kg to 1,000kg. Having improved on the performance of the MK series of bombs, GIDS has diversified its customer base to air forces in Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Southeast Asia.






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[Imran Khan]

frica Aerospace & Defence 2018
Core activities from Pakistan [AAD18D2]

20 September 2018

Global Industrial and Defence Solutions (GIDS) of Pakistan (Hangar 7, Stand CW 3) is showing some of its core activities in the defence domain. Among its range of unmanned aerial systems (UAVs), the company counts a variety of short-range, hand-launched or VTOL surveillance systems and its medium-endurance tactical Shahpar and Uqab systems.

The latest version offered is the Uqab-NG, with a ceiling of 20,000ft and endurance of 10 hours. It is launched by catapult from any type of terrain. According to the company, its UAV packages are designed to be flexible, affordable and customisable to meet the varying needs of clients and their peculiar environments.

Focused on solutions for air, land, sea and special operations forces, GIDS brought its Shahpar and Scout UAVs, which are operated by the Pakistani Special Forces.

The company is also showing general-purpose steel and pre-fragmentation bombs, ranging from 125kg to 1,000kg. Having improved on the performance of the MK series of bombs, GIDS has diversified its customer base to air forces in Africa, the Middle East, Europe and Southeast Asia.






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i hate this daddu drone

 

[Ahmet Pasha]

Naya invent kar lo. Problem solved.

i hate this daddu drone

 

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[Meteor]

Great Post!

guys i cant work much these days please some one colect onfo from these pakistani arms makers sits and paste here

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Darra Adam Khel’s weapons industry guns for greatness

DARA ADAM KHEL: It’s all guns and no roses for the shop owners of the weapons market that lines the bazaar in the dusty hamlet of Darra Adam Khel.
Inhabited by the Afridi tribe, the market has become the core identity of Darra Adam Khel — an area located between Kohat and Peshawar to the south of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
On any given day, it is packed with traders and merchants who have gained recognition for the quality and range of their guns and ammunition, with a number of tribesmen starting their businesses from scratch and soldiering on to become millionaires.
During an extensive range of interviews, where they spoke exclusively to Arab News, a majority shied away from taking credit for their craft, reasoning that they were only paying homage to skills passed on by their ancestors by taking the business forward.
Dating back to the pre-independence era of Pakistan, ancestors of these tribesmen — during their armed expedition in large swathes of Asia — learned the skills, passing it on to the future generations who developed it into a full-fledged arms industry in the Khyber tribal region.
Today, 40,000 to 50,000 residents of the area – with a total population of 110,000 — are directly associated with the industry, with every second owner saying that he inherited the business from his ancestors.
Quoting his great-grandfather, Kamran Afridi, a leading arms dealer from the area, said that members from the tribe used to form a Lashkar (armed resistance group) to fight the British imperial powers in parts of the Federally Administered Tribal Area, prior to 1947.
“There were times when tribal elders sent armed expeditions to parts of the sub-continent while the British forces used to come here to invade. Those types of armed clashes led them to learn ordnance and weapon-making skills, primarily from the Britishers. Then, our forefathers started replicating those skills when they would return from missions abroad,” Kamran said.
He added that while initially, it was a very tedious and slow-moving process to repair and manufacture small guns at their residential quarters or hujras; in time, his predecessors learned to develop their skills and eventually set up shops, hiring experienced and untrained laborers.
Later in the 50s, a few gunsmiths arrived from Punjab who were technically-trained in the craft and demonstrated comparatively-advanced methods of repairing and polishing second-hand weapons.
“Currently, according to my assessment, 6,000- 7,000 skilled laborers such as gunsmiths and professional manufacturers with technical expertise are involved in the arms hardware and ammunition-making process,” Kamran said, adding that, today, craftsmen from the market boast an incomparable expertise by being adept at assembling any type of weapon, on demand, with the help of a mere sketch.
The most popular items on sale include the 9-MM, 30-Bore guns, Repeaters, Kalashnikov and M-16 rifles. However, the industry prefers to manufacture non-prohibited weapons specifically for license holders, he said.
And while all the weapons are locally made, some hardware parts — such as springs and other items – are either sourced from Afghanistan or imported from western countries. However, according to Kamran, the biggest problem faced by the industry today is a questionable power supply and the government’s lack of commitment to regularize the market.
“The authorities never extend support to develop the industry. Rather, the recent military operations against militants in parts of the Khyber tribal district have dealt a severe blow to the business because of restrictions on the movement of people,” he said, suggesting that the government should instead introduce innovative measures to develop the market in the larger interest of the country.
“The weapons market can help bolster foreign exchange if the government helps improve its quality by introducing standard materials,” he added.
He reminisces a time, back in 2007, when former dictator Pervez Musharraf had approved Rs 50 million in funds to establish the Pakistan Hunting and Sporting Association, which was primarily aimed at modernizing the Darra Adam Khel weapons industry. That initiative, however, fizzled out due to political wrangling and bureaucratic red tape.
Last week, the federal government hinted at the possibility of allocating nearly 150 acres of land for the construction of an industrial zone catering to the weapons market, in the Mattani area of Peshawar, located near Darra Adam Khel. If the plans see the light of day, it would take two years to set up the infrastructure in the area.
Kamran said that the government has yet to kickstart the implementation process, even as the arms industry continues to irk residents of the area who complain of potential buyers randomly firing guns in the area due to the absence of a designated testing zone; and the lack of a proper sewerage system to drain chemicals and other wastes from the industry.
He added that while it will be a step in the right direction to designate an area specifically for the weapons industry, the move would also have far-reaching and negative consequences on small businesses.
That, however, does not seem to be a cause for concern for several gunsmiths who said that while they were working as unskilled laborers earlier, they have now gone on to become tycoons in the field.
One such rags-to-riches story is that of Muzaffar Khan Afridi who recalls a time in 1993 when he was working as a daily-wage gunsmith at arms and ammunition depot in Darra Adam Khel. “Today I have 30 gunsmiths working at my two ammunition stores,” he said.
Citing a lack of choice in terms of earning a livelihood in this impoverished part of the country, several said they had no other skills to teach their children and would be at the receiving end of the deal if small businesses were moved to the proposed industrial zone. “I have 17 members in my family and my business is the sole source of income,” Muzaffar said.
Samiullah Afridi, another weapons and ammunition dealer, thanked his great-grandfather for starting the family business from a hujra, which was eventually expanded to four stores in the market today. “According to a ballpark estimate, Darra Adam Khel has around 2,000- 3,000 arms depot and shops,” he added.
Throwing light on the intricacies involved in the arms-making process, Samiullah said that the metal and steel being used in the manufacturing of the weapons is recycled to improve its quality, standard and resistance power.
It’s a tedious process and involves days of hard work which begins by molding rigid steel — by tampering and designing it — to absorb massive and repeated shocks. The steel used by gun manufacturers in the US has an aluminum grading of 70-75, while the material used in Darra Adam Khel is for smaller guns and ranges between 40 to 45.
Highlighting the economic situation of the country, Samiullah said that while there continues to be a lack of employment opportunities across Pakistan, the weapons industry thrived dramatically due to an influx of educated youth who set up their own businesses in the market.
With the arrival of a more-informed generation of gun manufacturers who introduced innovative ideas, the industry was able to produce automatic rifles such as 9-MM, 30-Bore, 44, 223, 222, 32 and 12-Bore pistols, M-16, Kalakov, 7-MM, 8-MM, revolver, Makarov pistol and other brands of weapons.
He added that the government would no longer have to import small weapons if it allowed the import of small hardware items — such as steel and aluminum used in Brazil, Spain, USA, Turkey, and Russia – instead. This would help the industry produce locally-made weapons.
Secondly, the local weapons industry lacks a computerized system to check the standard, quality and resistance of steel. Despite all these deterrents, the most expensive gun manufactured locally is the M-16 also known as 223, which costs Rs 130,000.
Samiullah said that locally-made guns help small dealers – who operate from home — as all members of the family can assist each other, thereby saving their hard-earned money on rent, electricity and other amenities which otherwise they would have to spend toward the upkeep of a shop.
“We can produce excellent weapons to compete with the global market if the government regularizes the industry and offers incentives such as an uninterrupted power supply and legal cover,” Samiullah said.
Kamran concurs, adding that weapons manufactured in Darra Adam Khel are of a superior quality and can be exported to foreign countries only “if the government earnestly focuses on helping develop the industry.”

Source:http://www.arabnews.pk/node/1394256/pakistan

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Some new launches at IDEAS;


VIPER IFV;

30MM remote controlled Turret for HAMZA & other vehicles;

Ground Surveillance Radar;

ASR;

Stealth UCAV;

PK-40 AGL Remote Operated System (ROW)

The weapon platform is reportedly capable of operating in temperatures ranging from 55C to -24C.

Reports suggest the launcher has a range of 2,200 meters and weighs around 41 kilograms. The launcher can also be equipped with night vision or thermal sights.

Armoured High Mobility Vehicle;

Predator (Special Ops Vehicle);

 

[RangeMaster]

New Tarsier Mini by SHIBLI
A lightweight and technologically enhanced version of the Tarsier, this tactical thermal weapon sight, weighing in at less than 1kg, is engineered to perfection and facilitates maximum precision for close combat and target acquisition.

 

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[Ahmet Pasha]

Seems Hamza MCV programme is going strong. This new Humvvee with KIA is it really going to be inducted or will it just be tested and forgotten??

I remember last time it was Urovesa with their hummvee clone??

Some new launches at IDEAS;


VIPER IFV;

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30MM remote controlled Turret for HAMZA & other vehicles;

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Ground Surveillance Radar;

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ASR;

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Stealth UCAV;

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PK-40 AGL Remote Operated System (ROW)

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The weapon platform is reportedly capable of operating in temperatures ranging from 55C to -24C.

Reports suggest the launcher has a range of 2,200 meters and weighs around 41 kilograms. The launcher can also be equipped with night vision or thermal sights.

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Armoured High Mobility Vehicle;

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Predator (Special Ops Vehicle);

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