Iran Press/Iran news: The defense, and road and urban development ministries have signed a contract worth €9.5 million, regarding construction of four vessels on Sunday.
On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed to hand over the construction of operational vessels required by Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran in the areas of Search and Rescue (SAR), dredgers, fireboats, pollution-clearing vessels, tourism and recreational vessels, to the Ministry of Defense, Mehr news agency reported.
Two search and rescue vessels will have a length of 19.3 meters, a width of 5 meters, a 1.5 meters draft, and a speed of 40 knots, and will be built under a 5.1 million euro contract within 15 months. The other two vessels for carrying safety control officers will be built with a length of 18.2 m, a width of 4.6 m, a draft of 1.1 m, and a speed of 25 knots.
On 2 February, Iran unveiled a new generation of Soumar long-range ground-to-ground cruise missile, named Hoveyzeh.
Defense minister Hatami highlighted Iran’s self-sufficiency as far as military equipment and hardware was concerned and said the Hoveyzeh missile has been fully designed and manufactured at home by Iranian scientists and experts.
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