Uqab-NG
A catapult-launched Pakistani tactical reconnaissance aircraft with net recovery and manufacturer-reported domestic use.
- Country / region
- Pakistan
- Programme status
- Supplier-reported status
- Sources reviewed
- 20 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Global Industrial & Defence Solutions (GIDS)
- Origin / production countries
- Pakistan
- Other names
- Uqab NG; UQAB-NG
- Variants / configurations
- Catapult-launched Uqab-NG; Hybrid electric VTOL derivative — supplier describes development
- Operators / programme customers
- Pakistan — use reported by GIDS; exact customer configuration not established
Evidence & current status
Use is supplier-reported. Brochure revisions differ; this profile retains the selected table's baseline and flags conflicts.
Role & capabilities
- Reconnaissance aircraft
Specifications in context
- Airframe
- Fixed-wing tactical UAV
Supplier-published figure; configuration and operating conditions affect performance.
Source ↗ - Launch / recovery
- Catapult launch; net recovery; emergency parachute
Supplier-published figure; configuration and operating conditions affect performance.
Source ↗ - Propulsion
- Electronic-fuel-injection engine
Supplier-published figure; configuration and operating conditions affect performance.
Source ↗ - Dimensions
- Not established from the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Mass
- 100 ±10 kg take-off weight
Supplier-published figure; configuration and operating conditions affect performance.
Source ↗ - Endurance
- 8 hours in specification table
Brochure prose says more than eight hours; table baseline used.
Source ↗ - Range
- 150 km line-of-sight
Data-link / operating range; not ferry distance.
Source ↗ - Speed
- Not established from the reviewed public sources.
Public data gap; no estimate or neighbouring variant value substituted.
Source ↗ - Altitude
- 5,500 m / 18,000 ft above mean sea level
Current brochure baseline; older brochures publish 20,000+ ft.
Source ↗ - Payload
- Up to 15 kg in specification table
Promotional prose in the brochure gives different wording; table used.
Source ↗ - Sensors
- Stabilised day and thermal imaging pod
Supplier-published figure; configuration and operating conditions affect performance.
Source ↗ - Communications / navigation
- Digital data link and satellite navigation
High-level functions only.
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