Iran yesterday began construction of a plant in the northern province of Mazandaran to produce Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).
Hamed Saeedi, managing director of Farnas Aerospace Company that is in charge of the project, said during a ceremony last night that his company has been dealing with designing and manufacturing UAVs and reconnaissance and pilot training drones for the last nine years.
Regarding specifications of the UAVs to be produced by the plant, Saeedi noted, "Drones will be of the tactical type, with a short range of 400 to 500 meters flying altitude which cannot be detected by radio waves, as they will be stealth aircraft."
Source: Fars, Iran, March 3, 2009
