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Karachi—Saturday, the fourth day of the 7th International Defence Exhibition and Seminars 2012 (IDEAS-2012) witnessed Pakistan and Turkey singing a Memorandum of Agreement to enhance mutual cooperation in the field of simulation and training systems.
Also, Pakistan, where the conventional arms and ammunition industry is clinching new milestones, has developed a state-of-the-art “shooting simulator” which has attracted the attention of around 85 foreign delegates from more than 50 countries participating in the five-day international moot underway here at Expo Center.
On sidelines of IDEAS-2012, Pakistan’s Military Vehicle Research and Development Est. (MVRDE) and M/s Havelsan, a Turkish Armed Forces Foundation-funded software and systems integration company, inked the MoA.
Under the pact, the two sides agreed to collaborate on research and development projects and simulation and training systems related to the war aircrafts including JF-17, F-16, C-130 Super Mushak and MI-17 respectively.
According to official sources, the Turkish firm is shortly due to sign two more agreements with local military hardware producers: Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Karma (PAC) and C4I (Command, Control, Communication, Combat and Intelligence).
Havelsan has already delivered at least three systems to the armed forces of brotherly country, Pakistan. The three systems given to Pakistan include Artillery Forward Observer Simulator, Electronic Warfare Test and Training Range and Military Enterprise Information System.
On the occasion, Major General Muhammad Owais Mustafa told the reporters that this was a training venture signed with the Turkish firm.
Talking to media, the Turkish officials expressed their surprise over Pakistan’s advancement in the filed of simulation technology. Sadiq Yemach, chief executive officer of Havelsan, said the two sides could learn a lot from each other’s research and experiments.
He said his firm was providing the armed forces of Turkey as well that of other trading countries with highly sophisticated simulator systems for last three decades.
Sadiq said the transfer of e-government solutions was also under discussion with Islamabad that would make the governance more efficient in Pakistan by computerizing all the documents.
Meanwhile, Major Atif of MVRDE told the reporters that his side had developed a modern “shooting simulator” which was being displayed at the exhibition for the first time. He said foreign delegates were taking special interest in the newly-manufactured product. The simulator, Atif said, would save billions of rupees the resource-constrained country has been spending every year on providing ammunition to the trainee soldiers. According to a rough estimate, an exhibitor said, one shell of a tank costs the government Rs 5 lac. “This would improve training procedures of the armed forces,” Major Atif said.
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Also, Pakistan, where the conventional arms and ammunition industry is clinching new milestones, has developed a state-of-the-art “shooting simulator” which has attracted the attention of around 85 foreign delegates from more than 50 countries participating in the five-day international moot underway here at Expo Center.
On sidelines of IDEAS-2012, Pakistan’s Military Vehicle Research and Development Est. (MVRDE) and M/s Havelsan, a Turkish Armed Forces Foundation-funded software and systems integration company, inked the MoA.
Under the pact, the two sides agreed to collaborate on research and development projects and simulation and training systems related to the war aircrafts including JF-17, F-16, C-130 Super Mushak and MI-17 respectively.
According to official sources, the Turkish firm is shortly due to sign two more agreements with local military hardware producers: Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Karma (PAC) and C4I (Command, Control, Communication, Combat and Intelligence).
Havelsan has already delivered at least three systems to the armed forces of brotherly country, Pakistan. The three systems given to Pakistan include Artillery Forward Observer Simulator, Electronic Warfare Test and Training Range and Military Enterprise Information System.
On the occasion, Major General Muhammad Owais Mustafa told the reporters that this was a training venture signed with the Turkish firm.
Talking to media, the Turkish officials expressed their surprise over Pakistan’s advancement in the filed of simulation technology. Sadiq Yemach, chief executive officer of Havelsan, said the two sides could learn a lot from each other’s research and experiments.
He said his firm was providing the armed forces of Turkey as well that of other trading countries with highly sophisticated simulator systems for last three decades.
Sadiq said the transfer of e-government solutions was also under discussion with Islamabad that would make the governance more efficient in Pakistan by computerizing all the documents.
Meanwhile, Major Atif of MVRDE told the reporters that his side had developed a modern “shooting simulator” which was being displayed at the exhibition for the first time. He said foreign delegates were taking special interest in the newly-manufactured product. The simulator, Atif said, would save billions of rupees the resource-constrained country has been spending every year on providing ammunition to the trainee soldiers. According to a rough estimate, an exhibitor said, one shell of a tank costs the government Rs 5 lac. “This would improve training procedures of the armed forces,” Major Atif said.
http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=181773
