GIDS - Global Industrial Defence Solutions

[Oscar]

@Oscar

Is it likely that Taimoor can be integrated into Western aircraft? Would it require inputs/documentation from OEMs?

Can be done the same way Turkish F-16s use certain weapons with a tablet interface to the weapon.
So OEM can technically have minimal involvement but its more of a permissions aspect and then the aircraft wont know what type of load it has so its FLCS wont know how to accurately compensate for it.

All doable, just restricts flight maneuvering parameters

 

[Afif]

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These things are not survivable anymore against peer threats. Almost waste of precious resources that can be allocated to thousands of advanced LMs/guided rockets.

 

[Bilal]

These things are not survivable anymore against peer threats. Almost waste of precious resources that can be allocated to thousands of advanced LMs/guided rockets.

Only as counter terrorism, long(ish) range PGM truck and anti-submarine roles.

 

[hasssanali8998]

These things are not survivable anymore against peer threats. Almost waste of precious resources that can be allocated to thousands of advanced LMs/guided rockets.

for coin yaar
for the animals on our western flank

 

[Boss]

We don't build Yamaha or for that matter any petrol engine in the country! We used to build from scratch the engine of Bedford truck (Rocket) BECO/PECO when the entire production line was shifted to Pakistan from UK. These engines were used in tube wells, fishing boats, and many other applications. But withe a lot of other good stuff that we used to be self sufficient in, we let it slide and now dependant upon imports.

Wrong! Go to Millat website. Multiple companies making prime movers. Motor cycle engines are a cottage industry.

 

[RAMPAGE]

Can be done the same way Turkish F-16s use certain weapons with a tablet interface to the weapon.
So OEM can technically have minimal involvement but its more of a permissions aspect and then the aircraft wont know what type of load it has so its FLCS wont know how to accurately compensate for it.

All doable, just restricts flight maneuvering parameters

Sounds very plausible, but then why hasn't PAF integrated these with our F-16 fleet? Why not do it for marketing reasons even if it doesn't fit PAF's fighting doctrine?

 

[Oscar]

Sounds very plausible, but then why hasn't PAF integrated these with our F-16 fleet? Why not do it for marketing reasons even if it doesn't fit PAF's fighting doctrine?

Because unlike the Turks the PAF does not have permissions from LockMart or state dept to do so because they can immediately say that the Taimoor is carrying a nuke.

 

[PakShaheen_79]

Sounds very plausible, but then why hasn't PAF integrated these with our F-16 fleet? Why not do it for marketing reasons even if it doesn't fit PAF's fighting doctrine?

Bitter truth is our weak negotiations during the sale. Our client-oriented mindset. A simple idea in right person's brain at right position can make hell of difference. Short sightedness you may call it. We are very slowwwwwwwwwwwly moving towards achieving indsutrial autonomy for our defense sector which could have propel so many other industries in the country had it done earlier at strategic levels. We couldn't nurture defense industry like Turkiye for example because work on required HR were never among top priorities during Cold War era when we first got these F-16s. Still, we can see how many research papers in relevent field of studies Pakistani academia every year generates and it's not about militray leadership alone, it's more about national leadership. We need a committment larger than one we showed for nuclear program to achieve strategic autonomy through solid defense industrial transformation. A consistent focused approach is required instead of aiming for some unattainable project. Focus on more on developing brains and labs, test, integrate facilities along with working specific systems. 1 step forward 2 steps backwards (Project Azm) like approach will not lead us anywhere but in more precarious situation when our adversiries are doubling down on every front.

 

[Faani83]

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In this V-log, Islamabad Files analyse Pakistan's historically prioritised radar-based air defence systems (including HQ-9, LY-80) - primarily it's because Pakistan faced conventional threats, like fighter jets, drones, and cruise missiles, where such systems were effective. Passive systems like IRST were not urgent due to high cost, complexity, and limited regional stealth threats. However, Islamabad Files examin emerging modern conflicts, especially the Iran-Israel-US scenario, which actually highlight that stealth aircraft can be tracked via infrared (heat signatures) as just recently, Iran’s “Majid” system reinforced this shift. Future threats, particularly India’s potential induction of 5th-generation fighters (AMCA or allied platforms) and other adversaries, will challenge radar-based systems like the F-35 does globally due to low RCS and advanced stealth features.To counter stealth threats, Islamabad Files thinks that Pakistan needs a layered, network-centric air defence combining radar, IRST, and electro-optical sensors. In this context, Pakistan's Global Industrial Defence Solutions (GIDS) is developing FAAZ-SL, a mobile short-range (20–25 km) air defence system with imaging infrared and radar guidance. Designed to counter stealth and conventional targets, it offers “shoot-and-scoot” capability and aims to reduce reliance on foreign systems.

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[The SC]

Pakistan Announces the Birth of the Massive Aerial Beast!

Pakistan has unveiled Shahpar-3, the lethal Pakistani falcon, the advanced combat unmanned aerial vehicle (MALE UCAV) fully manufactured by national hands, to write a new chapter of pride and self-sufficiency in the history of Pakistani defense.

This massive aerial beast, which ranks as the largest Group 4+ class unmanned aerial vehicle, carries within it more than 30 hours of continuous flight without interruption, and six hardpoints capable of carrying precision-guided missiles with immense destructive power.

It combines intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities with precise combat strikes, becoming a flying sword that monitors enemies and delivers punishment upon them simultaneously.

Pakistan no longer receives technology... it creates it and exports it!

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