Iranian TV broadcasting aired footage of 'Iranian RQ-170' drone reverse-designed by IRGC on Wednesday. Brig. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the commander of Forces said “3 years after the capturing and safely landing of the American Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), we have now finished the project to reverse-design of the drone; the reverse-design is a different process than reverse engineering, where Iranians incorporate original concepts into indigenous concepts to manufacture Iranian version of the drone,” and added that the Forces had developing few such drones in the agenda.
Hajizadeh then detailed about the technical properties of the drone. “The nature-inspired wing concept helps decrease the air friction and thus saving considerable amounts of fuel compared to other similar drones; the stealth capabilities made the drone the number one candidate for CIA intelligence and surveillance operations, and its downing was a severe blow to US from which they would recover after a long time,” said the commander.
“The data stored in the drone and the intelligence and data collection methods are now fully in our hand,” Hajizadeh said triumphantly. “The special design of the wings and body saves the weight considerably, rendering the drone more brisk in operations and increasing the flight endurance in different missions including surveillance, attacking and scanning the wide area of land,” he added.
The commander of the IRGC Aerospace Forces predicted that the drone would enter operation in last three months of the current year (first three months of 2015). “The RQ-170 will be given an Iranian name which would be proposed by the interested public,” he said.
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