Pakistan Market Intelligence

Pakistan’s GIDS Begins Marketing Upstream Inputs for Loitering Munitions Pro

At AAD 2026, Pakistan's GIDS is marketing the BMS-123 rocket booster, loitering munition warheads and fuzes, moving NESCOM upstream in the drone market.

By Bilal Khan · · 6 min read
GIDS display with a green booster motor labeled BM-123 and metallic connectors on a dark technical background.

Pakistan’s Global Industrial & Defence Solutions (GIDS) has begun marketing upstream inputs for use in third-party loitering munitions (LM) and drones.

At its pavilion at the 2026 African Aerospace and Defence exhibition (AAD 2026), GIDS is showing the BMS-123 rocket booster motor, a booster motor connector, a loitering munition warhead and a range of fuzes.

These inputs are not as attention-grabbing as major platforms such as the Shahpar-3 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), but they signal a shift in how GIDS – the commercial arm of the National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM) – is approaching the global loitering munition and small-factor drone market.

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