At the 2025 International Defence Exhibition (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi, Pakistan’s defense industry showcased its growing portfolio of smart munitions and drones, suggesting a stronger focus on addressing the asymmetrical warfare needs of other countries.
Speaking about the event, Defence Export Promotion Organisation Pakistan (DEPO) official, Wing Commander Sheikh Sohail bin Farid, said that Pakistan was seeking export opportunities as well as fruitful collaboration opportunities with international partners.
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Key Showcases: Guided Munitions and Drones
Global Industrial & Defence Solutions (GIDS), a state-owned enterprise (SOE) that commercially represents many of Pakistan’s other defence SOEs, displayed the Fatah-series of guided rockets, Blaze family of loitering munitions, AZB-line of precision-guided bombs (PGB), and the Harbah NG anti-ship cruising missile (ASCM) as well as Taimur air-launched cruise missile (ALCM).
The Blaze-family was among the new loitering munitions shown at the 2024 International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS 2024). It consists of three sub-variants: Blaze 25, Blaze 50, and the Blaze 75. The smallest subvariant, Blaze 25, weighs 25 kg and offers a range of 75 km. The larger Blaze 50 weighs 50 kg and can reach 100 km. Finally, the 75 kg Blaze 75 has a range of 500 km.
According to GIDS, each of the Blaze-series loitering munitions can operate autonomously, offering attack capabilities in dense electronic warfare (EW) environments.
The Fatah is a family of surface-to-surface missiles (SSM) for guided multiple launch rocket systems (GMLRS). The Fatah I has a range of 140 km with an accuracy of within 15 m circular error probable (CEP). Meanwhile, the larger Fatah II can reach 290 km with an accuracy of within 50 m CEP; but it should be noted that the domestic Fatah II used by the Pakistan Army (PA) can reach 400 km.
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