Iran opens production lines for modern drones

Mon, 08 Feb 2010

Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi has inaugurated two production lines for the manufacture of advanced unmanned aircraft to improve its defense capabilities.

"The two drones, named Raad and Nazir, are capable of carrying out surveillance, detection and even assaults with high precision," Vahidi said on Monday.

Vahidi also unveiled Iran's first domestically-built single-seat aircraft.

Addressing the inauguration ceremony, Iran's defense minister said the 175-kg double-engine plane, Faez, can be assembled within less than five minutes due to its light weight and attachable body.

"The plane has been successfully tested," he said and added that it would be mass-produced soon.

Iran on Sunday successfully tested the prototype of its first domestically-built stealth drone, called Sofreh Mahi.

"The drone, due to its physical attributes and the material used in its body, cannot be detected by any radar," Air Force Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh, the force's coordination deputy, said.

The technological and military achievements come on occasion of the 31st anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in February 1979.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=118168§ionid=3510208.