Pakistan starts manufacturing Falco UAVs
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Loading ...Posted on: September 2, 2009
Posted in: Pakistan Air Force
ATTOCK: Pakistan has started manufacturing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drone, in collaboration with Selex Galileo of Italy which claims to lead the unmanned aerial systems market.
A ceremony marking the launch of the project was held at the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC), Kamra, on Thursday. It was presided over by Air Marshal Farhat Hussain Khan, the chairman of the PAC board.
Falco, the UAV to be manufactured under the project, is designed by the Italian firm. The aircraft will address surveillance and reconnaissance needs of Pakistan Air Force.
Speaking on the occasion, Air Marshal Hussain said the UAV co-production facility was a major step towards the long-term goal of self-reliance in military aviation industry.
He praised PAC engineers and technicians who had worked unrelentingly for two years to establish the facility.
He said that establishing the UAV manufacturing unit was a challenging task requiring total dedication.
He said that the Falco would greatly enhance PAFs operational capability.
Air Marshal Hussain lauded the Italian companys cooperation which helped Pakistan to become part of an exclusive club of countries having the capability to manufacture a modern tactical drone.
The roll-out of the first Falco UAV at the PAC is scheduled in the near future.
The Falco is a medium altitude Endurance & tactical UAV designed for optronic and electronic surveillance roles developed by the Italian company Galileo Avionica.
The basic mission is target detection, localization, identification and designation through it’s onboard sensors suite which tipically include a therminal images, a color TV camera, and a spotter or a laser designator.
The best features of the falco system include automatic take-off and landing (with STOL performance), fully redunant and fault-tolerant control systems, digital buses and control link equipment, automatic area surveillance modes ad near-real-time target image processing.
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September 12th, 2009 at 4:25 am
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