(PICTURES) SLAF-renovated UAV R & D project opened in Katukurunda

COLOMBO (News 1st); The Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana declared a newly renovated Hangar Complex for the UAV Research Development Project located at SLAF Station Katukurunda on 05 August 2021.

The Commander unveiled the opening plaque and thereafter declared open the newly renovated Hangar Complex which was a pressing need of the UAV Research and Development Project for the past few years.

The Commander was taken on a tour of the new facility where he was briefed on the present progress of the project and on the future plans which will see the “Lihiniya Mk-1” Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Project reaching its target of developing a fully operational entirely Sri Lankan made UAV.

Source : Sri Lanka Air Force