Global Industrial Defence Solutions

Global Industrial Defence Solutions (GIDS) is an arms and manufacturing company established in Pakistan in 2007. It represents a conglomeration of Pakistani manufacturing companies in international markets and is a major contractor to the Pakistani military.

Global Industrial Defence Solutions
TypeArms company
IndustryDefence
Founded2007
Headquarters
Rawalpindi
ProductsUnmanned Aerial Vehicles
Websitegids.com.pk

Established in 2007,[1] GIDS is based in Islamabad[2] and Rawalpindi, Pakistan.[3] According to Jane's, it is "Pakistan’s largest state-owned manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles".[4] GIDS frequently exhibits its products at arms expositions in the Middle East and Africa.[5][4] Its CEO is Major General Syed Guftar Shah.[6]

GIDS exports Pakistani defence manufacturing products to international markets and acts as "the means to help vertically integrate customers across Pakistan’s wider defence industry".[7][8] It manufactures products such as the "Range Extension Kit (REK)" for [[General-purpose_bomb#Modern_American_GP_bombs:_the_Mark_80_series|Mark 80 series general-purpose bombs.[9]

GIDS also make parts for Pakistani army's main battle tanks, such as Integrated Battlefield Management Systems.[10] Foreign Affairs have reported that GIDS have demonstrated reconnaissance drones at arms fairs in Islamabad.[11] They also make a model of glide bomb, a weapons delivery system, known as "Takbir", the Arabic phrase for the common Islamic profession of faith 'Allahu akbar'.[12]

Weapons

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

References
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  2. "Global Industrial & Defence Solutions - [GIDS] | Address, Contacts, Reviews @ Lookup.pk". www.lookup.pk. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
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  4. "Flying south [AAD141] | Jane's 360". www.janes.com. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  5. "Pakistan making breakthrough in defence products". Pakistan Defence. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  6. "Global Industrial and Defence Solutions (GIDS) CEO Syed Guftar Shah on the defence industry in Pakistan". The Prospect Group. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  7. "Pakistan could create a company for defence exports". Quwa. 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  8. "Global Industrial Defence Solutions". www.epicos.com. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  9. "Nigeria will ink JF-17 deal in November". Quwa. 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  10. "Heavy Industries Taxila outlines plans for modernization and growth". Quwa. 2017-09-20. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  11. Fazl-e-Haider, Syed (2015-10-04). "Pakistan's Own Drones". Foreign Affairs. ISSN 0015-7120. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  12. Ansari, Usman (2017-08-08). "Pakistan Tests Cruise Missile". Defense News. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
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