Global Industrial Defence Solutions (GIDS) is a Pakistani state-owned conglomerate, involved in the export and marketing of military, industrial and technological products and services. Pakistan's GIDS unveiled Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Shahpar II at its booth during EDEX 2021, Egypt Defence Expo.

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Shahpart II, EDEX 21, Cairo (Picture source: Army Recognition)

The Shahpar ll is an unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) built by Global Industrial Defence Solutions of Pakistan. It is currently in production following the completion of a test and qualification phase.

The sensor suite, a multi-sensor turret designated "Zumr-II (EO/IR)", is built at an AERO facility near Islamabad. The design features a pusher engine with canard foreplanes in front of the wings.

The Shahpar II is designed to autonomously take off and land on a runway or land with a parachute. Payloads are available for reconnaissance and day/night surveillance.

Targets on the ground can be geo-referenced and geo-pointed by avionics. The military standard hardware is built to Environmental Standard 810F. Ground equipment is capable of mission planning and simulation; mission management and control as well as debriefing of ground crew.