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Pakistan Armed Forces — Complete UAV & Drone Inventory MALE · HALE · Tactical ISR · Loitering Munitions · Armed Quadcopter · FPV · Mini UAV · Target Drones · Maritime

As of March 2026
Open-source compilation
All quantities are estimates
Compiled by Ritesh Singh  ·  @Duorope on X / Twitter
70+
Total Platforms
8
Categories
3
Armed Services
40+
Indigenous Systems
01 High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE)
# Designation Origin / Developer Role & Specifications Operator Inducted Est. Qty Status
1Bayraktar Akıncı-BTurkey — BaykarHALE UCAV · 1,350 kg payload · heavy strike / ISR · integrated with Pakistani precision bombs · 24 hr endurancePAF2023~6–7Active
2Shahpar-IIIPakistan — GIDSIndigenous HALE UCAV · 30,000+ ft ceiling · 30+ hr endurance · 6 hardpoints · armed with Barq / Al-Battaar munitionsPAF2025Pre-inductionIn development
02 Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UCAV / ISR
Imported Platforms
# Designation Origin / Developer Role & Specifications Operator Inducted Est. Qty Status
1Wing Loong II (PTIA-2)China — CAIGMALE UCAV · Strike / ISR / SAR · 20 hr endurance · 12 hardpoints · turboprop · operated by No. 63 SquadronPAF / PA2021~50Active
2CH-4B RainbowChina — CASCMALE UCAV · Strike / ISR · SAR radar · 30+ hr endurance · 345 kg payload · deployed at Turbat & BahawalpurPAF (24) / PA (≥5) / PN (≥4)2021~33+Active
3Bayraktar TB2Turkey — BaykarMALE UCAV · Strike / ISR · 27 hr endurance · 150 kg payload · at least 20 units at Murid ABPAF (≥20) / PA / PN2022~20+Active
4TAI AnkaTurkey — TAI / PACMALE UCAV · ISR / Strike · 30 hr endurance · 350 kg payload · PAC local production licensePAF2021~24Active
5Wing Loong IChina — CAIGMALE ISR / limited strike · training and residual operationsPAF (residual)2016≥3Semi-active
Indigenous Platforms
# Designation Origin / Developer Role & Specifications Operator Inducted Est. Qty Status
6Shahpar-II Block I / IIPakistan — GIDSMALE ISR & Armed UCAV · 20+ hr endurance · 1,000+ km range · up to 200 kg payload including precision-guided munitionsPAF / PA202112+ (ongoing)Active
7NESCOM BurraqPakistan — NESCOMMALE UCAV · Strike · Barq laser-guided bomb · first Pakistani combat drone strike 2015PAF (13) / PA (≥4)2013~17Active / Phasing out
8Shahpar-IPakistan — GIDSMALE ISR / Recon · 12 hr endurance · 250 km range · pioneer indigenous platformPAF (6)2012~6Limited active
9SATUMA SalaarPakistan — SATUMAMALE ISR / Strike · medium endurance platformPAF~2018LimitedActive
03 Tactical ISR / Medium-Range Surveillance
Imported Platforms
# Designation Origin / Developer Role & Specifications Operator Inducted Est. Qty Status
1Selex FalcoItaly — Selex / PACMedium tactical ISR · EO/IR · 9–14 hr endurance · 200 km range · PAC license-builtPAF (26 at Murid AB)2007~26Active
2EMT Luna X-2000 / NGGermany — EMTTactical ISR / RSTA · 5–6 hr endurance · 100 km rangePA / PN (2)2010 / 2017LimitedActive
3Boeing ScanEagleUSA — InsituMaritime ISR · catapult / Skyhook recovery · 15+ hr endurance · ship-borne operationsPNMid-2010sLimitedActive
4AeroVironment RQ-11B RavenUSA — AeroVironmentHand-launched mini ISR · 10 km range · 90 min endurance · company-level surveillance · 85 units acquired 2011PA2011~80–85Active
5AAI RQ-7 Shadow Mk IIUSA — TextronTactical ISR · 5 hr endurance · 100 km rangePAPre-2015LimitedActive
6Vision Mk I / Mk IIImportedSurveillance UAV · 5+ hr endurance · 100–150 km rangePAPre-2015LimitedActive
7ASN-105A / ASN-206ChinaShort-medium ISR · 155–200 km range · 2–8 hr endurancePAPre-2010ResidualAgeing
8SeekerSouth AfricaISR / surveillance · 9 hr endurance · 200 km rangePAPre-2010ResidualAgeing
Indigenous Platforms
# Designation Origin / Developer Role & Specifications Operator Inducted Est. Qty Status
9SATUMA Jasoos II Bravo+Pakistan — SATUMATactical ISR · 6–8 hr endurance · 200+ km range · EO/IR payloadPAF (46) / PA2004~46+Active
10GIDS Uqab P1 / NG / P2Pakistan — GIDSShort-medium ISR · 4–6 hr endurance · 100–150 km range · Army and Naval variantsPA (20) / PAF / PN (20)2008 / 2011~40+Active
11SATUMA FlamingoPakistan — SATUMAMedium ISR · 6–8 hr endurance · 200+ km rangePA~2015LimitedActive
12SATUMA MukhbarPakistan — SATUMAShort-range tactical ISR · 1.5 hr endurance · 50 km rangePA~2012MultipleActive
13IDe VectorPakistan — IDeMedium ISR · 4–5 hr endurance · 200 km rangePA~2015LimitedActive
14IDe Border EaglePakistan — IDeBorder surveillance ISRPara / PA~2015LimitedActive
15IDS Huma-1 / Huma-2Pakistan — IDSTactical UAV · ISR · first shown at IDEAS 2022PA~2022Pre-inductionIn development
16AWC Bravo / Bravo+Pakistan — AWCTactical ISR · artillery support · 80 km rangePA1990sResidualAgeing
17GIDS RangerPakistan — GIDSTactical ISTAR · fire correction / strike capability · unveiled IDEAS 2024PA / PAF2024Pre-inductionIn development
18NASTP M-series (M-20A/B, M-40, M-55)Pakistan — NASTPHigh-speed target / potential decoy and ISR evolutionPAFVariousTestingR&D / Testing
19Sysverve Hadaf-seriesPakistan — SysverveHigh-speed target / aerial decoy platformPAF~2023TestingR&D / Testing
04 Fixed-Wing Loitering Munitions
Imported Platforms
# Designation Origin / Developer Role & Specifications Operator Inducted Est. Qty Status
1Baykar YIHA-IIITurkey — BaykarFixed-wing loitering munition · kamikaze · combat-used Operation Bunyan al-Marsoos May 2025PAF / PA~2022SubstantialActive (combat-used)
2NASTP–Baykar Joint LMPakistan–Turkey — NASTP / BaykarLow-cost long-range joint loitering munition · 6 kg+ warhead · EO sensorPAF~2023LimitedActive
GIDS Loitering Munitions
# Designation Origin / Developer Role & Specifications Operator Inducted Est. Qty Status
3GIDS SarkashPakistan — GIDSTactical LM · infantry-launchable · ISR + strike · cueable by Shahpar-III / RIBAT networkPAF / PA~2024In productionActive
4GIDS SarfaroshPakistan — GIDSStrategic LM · ~1,000 km range · 50 kg warhead · canister / ship / truck-launched · showcased PIMEC 2025PAF / PA / PN2024–25In serviceActive
5GIDS YALGHAR-200Pakistan — GIDSLM · 200 km range · 10–20 kg warhead · 90–120 min loiter time · unveiled WDS 2026PAF / PAWDS 2026Pre-inductionIn development
6GIDS YALGHAR-400Pakistan — GIDSExtended-range LM · 400 km range · larger warhead variant · unveiled WDS 2026PAF / PAWDS 2026Pre-inductionIn development
7GIDS GM-500 TurahPakistan — GIDS / NASTPStealth loitering munition · reportedly employed Operation Bunyan al-Marsoos 2025PAF~2024ClassifiedActive
8GIDS Blaze-25Pakistan — GIDSShort-range anti-armor LM · 75 km range · 60 min endurance · electric propulsion · 5 kg warhead · IDEAS 2024PAIDEAS 2024Pre-inductionIn development
9GIDS Blaze-50Pakistan — GIDSMedium-range LM · 180 km range · 20 kg warhead · IDEAS 2024PA / PAFIDEAS 2024Pre-inductionIn development
10GIDS Blaze-75Pakistan — GIDSLong-range LM · 500 km range · 30 kg warhead · IDEAS 2024PAF / PAIDEAS 2024Pre-inductionIn development
POF / WIL Loitering Munitions
# Designation Origin / Developer Role & Specifications Operator Inducted Est. Qty Status
11POF Ababeel V3-Neo LMPakistan — POF / WILLoitering munition · 75 min endurance · 2 kg warhead · precision strikePA~2022LimitedActive
12POF Ababeel V3-Bravo LMPakistan — POF / WILLoitering munition · 55 min endurance · 300 g warhead · agile short-rangePA~2022LimitedActive
13POF Ababeel V5 LM (VTOL)Pakistan — POF / WILVTOL loitering munitionPA~2022LimitedActive / Testing
14POF Ababeel Lancet-V1Pakistan — POF / WILLM · 27 kg payload · 4×40mm grenades or 2×67mm rocket pod · IDEF 2023PA~2023LimitedActive
NASTP Loitering Munitions
# Designation Origin / Developer Role & Specifications Operator Inducted Est. Qty Status
15NASTP Dark AngelPakistan — NASTPLoitering munition familyPAF~2022LimitedActive
16NASTP KaGeM V3Pakistan — NASTP / BaykarLong-range LM · autonomous operation · Baykar technology integrationPAF / PA~2023LimitedActive
CavalAir & Private-Sector Loitering Munitions
# Designation Origin / Developer Role & Specifications Operator Inducted Est. Qty Status
17CavalAir MP-800TLPakistan — CavalAirTube-launched portable LM · 1 kg warheadPA~2022LimitedActive
18CavalAir MP-152FLPakistan — CavalAirLoitering munition · 6 kg warhead · larger payload classPA~2022LimitedActive
19CavalAir Murtajiz MQ-350 / M-300Pakistan — CavalAirStandoff LM · 30 kg payload · 500 km range · 3.5 hr loiter endurancePA~2023LimitedActive / Testing
20IDe E-RADPakistan — IDeLoitering munitionPA~2022LimitedActive
21IDe Rover LMPakistan — IDeLoitering munitionPA~2022LimitedActive
22IDe Nishan MK2Pakistan — IDeLoitering munition · 15 kg warhead · derived from target drone airframePA~2023LimitedActive / Testing
23Xpear MX-150Pakistan — privateLoitering munitionPA~2023LimitedActive
05 Armed Quadcopter, Multirotor & FPV Drones
Imported Armed Quadcopters
# Designation Origin / Developer Role & Specifications Operator Inducted Est. Qty Status
1Asisguard SongarTurkey — AsisguardArmed quadcopter · 5.56mm machine gun / grenades / mini-missiles · swarm-capable · combat-used Operation Bunyan al-Marsoos 2025PA / PAF~2022SubstantialActive (combat-used)
POF / WIL Ababeel Armed Multirotor Series
# Designation Origin / Developer Role & Specifications Operator Inducted Est. Qty Status
2POF Ababeel MR-10 / MR-10APakistan — POF / WILArmed quadcopter · 10 kg payload · recoil-stabilized machine gun (150–250 rds) · EO/IR · LRF · 45 min endurance · deployed XI Corps AORPA~2022Multiple batchesActive
3POF Ababeel MR-10BPakistan — WILArmed quadcopter · 4×60mm munitionsPA~2024LimitedActive / Testing
4POF Ababeel MR-5 / MR-5A / MR-5DPakistan — POF / WILArmed quadcopter · 5 kg payload · multiple variantsPA~2022MultipleActive
5POF Ababeel VTOL V-5Pakistan — POF / WILVTOL multirotor · 5 kg payload · 2 hr endurance · surveillance / logistics rolesPA~2022MultipleActive
Other Armed Multirotors & FPV
# Designation Origin / Developer Role & Specifications Operator Inducted Est. Qty Status
6CavalAir MX-8Pakistan — CavalAirArmed multirotor · 6×60mm or 4×81mm mortar shells + 10 kg sensor payloadPA~2022LimitedActive
7IDe Hummer M3CPakistan — IDeArmed drone · 15 kg payload · IDM micro munitions · 2 hardpointsPA~2023LimitedActive / Testing
8FPV Kamikaze Drones (10+ variants)Pakistan — various indigenousFirst-person-view kamikaze attack · anti-armor · swarm strikes · demonstrated Raad-ul-Fatah exercise 2025PA2023–24Multiple batchesActive
9AI-Enabled Swarm DronesPakistan — variousAutonomous swarm · massed attack capability · integrated in Maiden Strike 2025 exercisePA~2024In serviceActive
06 Mini / Micro / Hand-Launched UAV
# Designation Origin / Developer Role & Specifications Operator Inducted Est. Qty Status
1SATUMA StingrayPakistan — SATUMAMini ISR · 'around the corner / over the hill' · 45 km range · 1 hr endurancePA / SF~2015MultipleActive
2SATUMA Mukhbar (mini)Pakistan — SATUMAShort-range mini ISR · 50 km range · 1.5 hr endurancePA~2012MultipleActive
3GIDS ScoutPakistan — GIDSMini UAV · 45 km range · 1 hr endurance · can carry 60mm mortar roundPA~2018MultipleActive
4Salaar Series (mini)Pakistan — IDe / SATUMAMini recon UAVs · 50 km range · 1–2 hr endurancePA (30)~2018~30Active
5AeroVironment RQ-11B RavenUSA — AeroVironmentHand-launched SUAV · 10 km range · 90 min endurance · company-level ISR · 85 units acquired 2011PA2011~80–85Active
6UK Snipe Mk IIUKMan-portable mini ISR · 8 km range · 35 min endurance · infantry levelPA / SSGPre-2015ResidualAgeing
7UK StreakUKMini reconnaissance UAVPAPre-2015ResidualAgeing
07 Target Drones & Aerial Decoys
# Designation Origin / Developer Role & Specifications Operator Inducted Est. Qty Status
1PAC Ababeel I / IIIPakistan — PACAerial target · anti-aircraft gunnery training · Ababeel III BVR range up to 140 km · in service since 1988PA1988In useActive
2PAC BazzPakistan — PACHigh-speed aerial target · up to 200 km rangePA / PAF~2000sIn useActive
3SATUMA Thunder SR / LRPakistan — SATUMAHigh-speed aerial target drone · short and long range variantsPAF~2010LimitedActive
4NASTP M-20A/B · M-40 · M-55Pakistan — NASTPHigh-speed target drones · potential decoy evolutionPAFVariousTestingR&D / Testing
5Sysverve Hadaf-seriesPakistan — SysverveHigh-speed target / aerial decoyPAF~2023TestingR&D / Testing
6AWC Bravo (target variant)Pakistan — AWCOriginal aerial target role, pre-ISR evolutionPAF1990sResidualLegacy
08 Maritime / Naval UAV
# Designation Origin / Developer Role & Specifications Operator Inducted Est. Qty Status
1Boeing ScanEagleUSA — InsituShip-borne maritime ISR · catapult / Skyhook recovery · 15+ hr endurance · patrol vessel operationsPNMid-2010sLimitedActive
2EMT Luna NGGermany — EMTNaval RSTA / coastal surveillancePN (2)20172Active
3GIDS Uqab NG (PN variant)Pakistan — GIDSMaritime ISR / RSTA · current PN primary UAVPN (~20)~2017~20Active
4CH-4B (Naval variant)China — CASCMaritime ISR / Strike · deployed at TurbatPN (≥4)~2021≥4Active
5Bayraktar TB2 (Naval)Turkey — BaykarMaritime surveillance / strike · replacing Uqab-2 in maritime rolePN~2023LimitedActive
6GIDS Uqab P2 (original PN)Pakistan — GIDSMaritime surveillance · inducted 2011 · decommissioned 2017PN (decom.)201110 (decom.)Decommissioned
7Schiebel Camcopter S-100Austria — SchiebelVTOL ship-borne ISR · trialled 2008 · not inducted into servicePN (trial only)2008 (trial)0Not inducted

Abbreviations

PA — Pakistan Army

PAF — Pakistan Air Force

PN — Pakistan Navy

SSG — Special Services Group

SF — Special Forces

Para — Paramilitary

GIDS — Global Industrial & Defence Solutions

NESCOM — National Engineering & Scientific Commission

NASTP — National Aerospace Science & Technology Park

POF / WIL — Pakistan Ordnance Factories / Wah Industries Ltd

IDe / IDS — Integrated Dynamics

AWC — Air Weapons Complex

PAC — Pakistan Aeronautical Complex

SATUMA — Surveillance & Target Unmanned Aircraft

UCAV — Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle

LM — Loitering Munition

ISR — Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance

RSTA — Reconnaissance, Surveillance & Target Acquisition

EO/IR — Electro-Optical / Infrared

LRF — Laser Range Finder

PGM — Precision-Guided Munition

BVR — Beyond Visual Range