TEHRAN -- Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi has announced that Iran will inaugurate five important aerospace projects on February 3, which is the country’s Aerospace Technology Day.

During the inauguration ceremony, which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans to attend, three satellites and one satellite carrier will also be unveiled, Vahidi said in Tehran on Monday at a conference entitled Secure and Sustainable Defense Telecommunications.
He went on to say that it is the Defense Ministry’s policy to support the armed forces by providing telecommunications equipment for the national military.
The Iranian Defense Ministry has great capabilities in designing and manufacturing secure and sustainable telecommunications networks, guarding the country’s borders and coasts, providing air defense, and conducting command and control electronic warfare, he added.
The Iranian Defense Ministry has implemented 36 electronic and telecommunications projects, Vahidi stated