Strategic UAVs inducted in Pak Army, PAF fleet
These will substantially enhance target acquisition capabilities in real time, Gen Kayani said.
RAWALPINDI (Web Desk) - Pakistan today inducted the 1st fleet of indigenously developed Strategic Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Burraq and Shahpar UAVs Systems in Pakistan Army and Pakistan Air Force.
According to ISPR‚ it is a landmark and historic event‚ wherein a very effective force multiplier has been added to the inventory of the Armed Forces.
In the future these UAVs could also be gainfully employed in various socio-economic development projects‚ as well.
The induction ceremony was attended by General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Chief of the Army Staff, Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt, Chief of the Air Staff, Lieutenant General (Retd) Khalid Ahmed Kidwai, Director General Strategic Plans Division and senior officers from armed forces, scientists and engineers, said an ISPR press release issued here.
General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani‚ while appreciating the work of NESCOM scientists and engineers‚ highlighted that induction of indigenously developed surveillance capable UAVs in Pakistan Armed Forces is a force multiplier‚ and will substantially enhance their target acquisition capabilities in real time.
