KARACHI – Pakistan introduced a new multi-role drone on the second day of 10th International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS 2018) in Karachi on Wednesday.
Built by Global Industrial and Defence Solution (GIDS), ‘Shahpar’ is capable of flying at the altitude of 17,000 feet for up to 7 hours.
GIDS describes Shahpar as a medium range tactical UAV System with autonomous take-off and landing. It can carry various types of payloads integrated for reconnaissance and day and night surveillance. Other features include accurate lateral, longitudinal trajectory control, mission planning, management and control, geo referencing and geo pointing for terrestrial targets.
Despite, the ordinary look of the drone, the UAV boasts several cameras and can see up to a radius of 250 kilometres and can operate in any weather.
The drone was introduced by Vice Chief of Naval Staff Kaleem Shaukat at the defence conference.
The four-day defence exhibition, which commenced on November 27, saw almost 262 high-level delegations from 51 different countries in attendance. The exhibition is expected to continue till November 30.
Organised under the aegis of Defence Export Promotion Organisation (DEPO), IDEAS 2018 brings together defence industry players from different parts of the world.
Besides, Pakistan itself other major exporters of defence technology including China, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Turkey, UAE, Ukraine, USA will have their exclusive country pavilions.
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The guest countries are expected to showcase their latest technological innovations while a large number of senior civil and military delegations and trade visitors from across the globe will attend the event.
New inventions of Pakistan defence industry including those from Global Industrial Solutions, Pakistan Ordnance Factories, Military Vehicles Research and Development Establishment, Shibli Electronics, Universal Smart Military Systems and Daudson Armoury will also be inaugurated and showcased during the exhibition.
The first two days of the exhibition have been earmarked for delegations, trade visitors and networking activities.
An air show by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) is scheduled at Nishan-e-Pakistan, Sea View on November 29. Besides JF-17 Thunder and F-16 fighter aircraft, Sherdil aerobatics team will present a scintillating aerial display.
The fourth day of the exhibition will be open for public.
