IDEAS 2012: Pakistan, China to market Al-Khalid tank together

Pakistan is aiming to find international buyers for its prized Al-Khalid tank, after reaching an understanding with co-producer China to market the product together, a top military official said on Sunday.
Heavy Industries, Taxila, and Beijing’s Norinco signed a memorandum of understanding to this effect on Thursday during the International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS) 2012, Director General of Defence Export Promotion Organisation Major General Tariq Khan said.
“We are not in the business of selling t-shirts,” Khan said during the closing ceremony of the exhibition, as newsmen pushed him to justify claims about the event being a success. “It takes months and years of negotiations to seal the agreements. This MoU will help us a lot.”
“We have also received orders for our unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, which is used for intelligence gathering by police and military in different parts of the world,” he added.
The Al-Khalid tank was developed in the 1990s. It is equipped with a 125mm gun and has the capability to fire sophisticated ammunition including missiles in both stationary and moving conditions.

Pakistani drones are for surveillance use only: Naveed Qamar

Federal Minister for Defence Syed Naveed Qamar  said that Pakistan’s drone technology is at its initial stage. It has been used by the armed forces for air surveillance only.
Speaking to media representatives during his visit to International Defence Exhibition IDEAS-2012, the defence minister said that these drones are not capable of carrying arms.

He said the IDEAS-2012 will help create awareness about new defence technology and trends of defence. It will also help ascertain the requirement of our armed forces and to introduce our defence products in the world.
He said the private sector in the world was playing a prominent role in defence production activities. In Pakistan, traditionally the defence production was restricted to public sector. But, he said, now it is time to engage our private sector in defence production too.

International Defense Exhibition IDEAS 2012- Pictures

Rocket launcher at Defence Exhibition IDEAS 2012.

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Uqaab UAV of Pakistan at = IDEAS 2012

          Uqaab UAV of Pakistan

POF Eye..... Made in Pakistan Expo Defense Exhibition,

                                      POF Eye.....  Expo Defense Exhibition, 2012. Karachi, Pakistan.


The POF Eye is available in several variations. It can be mounted with standard 9mm semi-automatic pistol, submachine gun or grenade launcher. It includes a small, high-resolution camera, laser sight and a colour LCD monitor, which can observe and view a target from various vantage points. The video camera enables forces to scan an area prior to pinpointing a target and broadcast the footage directly, in real time, to the operating team behind, or to a monitor at Command Post in the rear. Its head can turn 75 degrees.

The name given to Pakistani version of Corner Shot Gun is POF eye , with POF short for Pakistan Ordnance Factories. This product first came to limelight in late 2008 during the IDEAS 2008 in Karachi. Chairman POF Board Lt Gen Syed Sabahat Husain told the visiting delegates at IDEAS 2008 that this new product of POF may meet the requirement of law enforcing agencies in order to curb the terrorist activities. The live demonstration of this gun was also shown to the delegates.

Design & Features:
According to one of the designers, Ashfaq Ahmad, the overall designing and finalizing of this gun took 6 months. It has a few variations which can be summed up as follows:



 - It can be mounted with standard 9mm semi-automatic pistol, sub-machine gun or grenade launcher.

- includes a small high-resolution camera, laser sight and a colour LCD monitor, which can observe and view a target from various vantage points.




- The video camera enables forces to scan an area prior to pinpointing a target and broadcast the footage directly, in real time, to the operating team behind, or to a Command Post monitor.

- Head can turn 75 degrees
 

Pakistan Army Tank on display during the Ideas 2012 Exhibition at Expo Center, Karachi, Pakistan.

Pakistan Army Tank on display during the Ideas 2012 Exhibition at Expo Center, Karachi, Pakistan.

Ideas-2012: Chinese company signs MoU with HIT

Foreign buyers from over 50 countries have expressed keen interest in defence products manufactured by both local and foreign companies participating in Ideas-2012, the country's largest mega event displaying military equipment. During the 2nd day of the exhibition Thursday, a Chinese defence firm Novinco signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) for mutual co-operation and trade in defence products.

The agreement was signed by Lieutenant General Ayaz Saleem chairman HIT and Wang Li, vice President Novinco. According to sources, Pakistan for the first time was going to import Mine Resistant Ambush Vehicles. Poly Technologies of China a prominent company dealing with advanced equipment and technology will be providing the important vehicles (which were also displayed here in the exhibition) to Pakistan. The vehicle was designed to provide secured transportation for combat personnel and material especially under the threat of anti-tank mines. Besides it will also be beneficial for performing anti-terrorism and anti-riot mission.

IDEAS-2012 Pakistan 7-11 November 2012

IDEAS-2012 is scheduled to be held from 7-11 November 2012 at Expo Centre, Karachi. In order to give a momentous head start, Soft Launching Ceremony was organized and conducted with full zeal and enthusiasm at Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) Auditorium on 30 March 2012.  Prime Minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. The event was attended by Diplomats, Ministerial Staff, High Officials from tri services and business community.
A short duration cultural show with instrumental performances was arranged for the participants.  The impressive display of Models by leading Defence Manufacturers of Public Sector, provided an opportunity to all visitors to see the defence capability.