Pakistan Navy will get AEW&C and UAV soon

Chief of Naval Staff. Noman Bashir has said that Pakistan Navy will shortly acquire Airborne Early Warning (AEW) Aircraft and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to further strengthen its air fleet.He said this while talking to the press while addressing the induction ceremony of a Fokker aircraft and commissioning of T 56 Engine Test Bench, held at Pakistan Navy Aviation base PNS Mehran on Thursday. He said that with the introduction of Z-9 helicopter from china, new AEW&C UAVs for maritime patrolling role and more P-3C Orion - maritime surveillance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft Pakistan navy will be in much stronger position than ever before. Pakistan navy will soon place order for the U-214 SSK from German firm HDW to enhance its undersurface warfare capability. Pakistani navy had previously requested a possible sale for refurbishment and modification of three excess P-3 aircraft with the E-2C HAWKEYE 2000 Airborne Early Warning (AEW) Suite.

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