| Type | Arms company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Defence |
| Products | Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
| Website | gids.com.pk |
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.
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.[4][5] 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 Mk-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]
References[]
- ↑ "GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL & DEFENCE SOLUTIONS" (in en-US). https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/global-industrial-defence-solutions.18256/.
- ↑ "Global Industrial & Defence Solutions - [GIDS | Address, Contacts, Reviews @ Lookup.pk"] (in en). https://www.lookup.pk/company/85413-Global-Industrial-Defence-Solutions-GIDS.
- ↑ "Bloomberg - Are you a robot?". https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?vid=&uuid=9a100aa0-31f2-11e9-a101-fb7257519165&url=L3Jlc2VhcmNoL3N0b2Nrcy9wcml2YXRlL3NuYXBzaG90LmFzcD9wcml2Y2FwSWQ9MjkyMzQ3MDE5.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Flying south [AAD141 | Jane's 360"]. https://www.janes.com/article/43193/flying-south-aad141.
- ↑ "Pakistan making breakthrough in defence products" (in en-US). https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/pakistan-making-breakthrough-in-defence-products.236751/.
- ↑ "Global Industrial and Defence Solutions (GIDS) CEO Syed Guftar Shah on the defence industry in Pakistan" (in en). http://www.theprospectgroup.com/syed-guftar-shah-ceo-global-industrial-and-defence-solutions-gids-8711/.
- ↑ "Pakistan could create a company for defence exports" (in en-US). 2016-06-30. https://quwa.org/2016/06/30/pakistan-create-company-defence-exports/.
- ↑ "Global Industrial Defence Solutions" (in en). https://www.epicos.com/company/13728/global-industrial-defence-solutions.
- ↑ "Nigeria will ink JF-17 deal in November" (in en-US). 2016-09-15. https://quwa.org/2016/09/15/nigeria-will-ink-jf-17-deal-november/.
- ↑ "Heavy Industries Taxila outlines plans for modernization and growth" (in en-US). 2017-09-20. https://quwa.org/2017/09/20/heavy-industries-taxila-outlines-plans-modernization-growth/.
- ↑ Fazl-e-Haider, Syed (2015-10-04). "Pakistan's Own Drones" (in en-US). Foreign Affairs. ISSN 0015-7120. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/pakistan/2015-10-04/pakistans-own-drones.
- ↑ Ansari, Usman (2017-08-08). "Pakistan Tests Cruise Missile" (in en-US). https://www.defense/%20news.com/air/2015/02/03/pakistan-tests-cruise-missile/.
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