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Air Force reports success in producing laser navigation systems

IRNA

Tehran, Sept 15, IRNA -- Air Force Commander Brigadier-General Reza 
Pardis said here on Monday that Air Force experts have been able 
to develop the technology for producing laser navigation systems for 
the first time in the country. 
The Persian-language newspaper `Jomhouri-Ye Eslami` quoted Pardis 
as saying that the experts had succeeded to produce the Intertial 
Navigation System (INS), which uses laser gyros and satellite 
facilities to determine the geographical position of an aircraft and 
report it to the pilot. 
He said the foreign brands of INS systems is worth about 100,000 
to 120,000 dollars, stressing that Iran`s ability to produce these 
systems could have considerable economic gains for the country. 
Pardis added that the Air Force started the INS development 
project in cooperation with the Department for Electronic Industries 
of Defense Ministry as well as a group of university professors about 
two years ago. 
He also said that the technology for producing INS systems is 
exclusive only to certain countries such as the US, Britain, France 
and Russia, and that some other countries are producing these systems 
under a license without having the right to transfer the technology. 
AA/210 
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