News - Middle East: The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has announced pending integration of a groundbreaking and uniquely advanced unmanned aerial vehicle into the force.

Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri made the remarks on Wednesday on the sidelines of the 12th edition of the Islamic Republic’s International Aerospace Exhibition on the Kish Island in the country’s southern waters.

The aircraft “will surprise the world,” he said of the drone that has been developed in cooperation between the force’s and Iran’s Defense Ministry.

“The horizon of joint cooperation between the IRGC Navy and the ministry will change” upon integration of the aircraft into the force, Tangsiri noted, asserting that the drone would not serve as the last instance of collaboration between the two sides.

“We will, in fact, change the horizon [of the bilateral cooperation]” through unveiling of the aircraft, the commander noted.

Back in January, the IRGC and the Iranian Army fielded numerous drones and other defensive hardware in a set of 20 countrywide military exercises.

A month later, the Corps’ Ground Force took delivery of sophisticated homegrown kamikaze and combat unmanned aerial vehicles featuring state-of-the-art technologies.

In March, the commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force (IRIADF) said the Army branch was to unveil its new generation of missile and drone systems by the end of the current Persian calendar year.

In September, the country paraded an unprecedented number of ballistic missiles and unveiled of a new kamikaze drone with a range of more than 4,000 kilometers (2,485 miles).

Earlier this month, the commander of the Iranian Navy hailed the force’s comprehensive surveillance over the American warships that sail across the regional waters.

“The United States aircraft carrier as well as 16-strong destroyers and frigates that are present in the region are being constantly surveilled by our reconnaissance drones,” Rear Admiral Shahram Irani said at the time. “We are over their heads,” he added, referring to the warships in question.

Throughout the past years, the IRGC’s UAVs have also captured strikingly precise footage of American aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf’s waters on several occasions.

Iranian officials have underscored that the country would not hesitate to strengthen its military capabilities as per Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s demand for further invigoration of the country’s defenses.

 Source: Press TV