Chairman of Iran national space administration announced the establishment of a center for designing commercial airplanes in the country.

According to the public relations and information center of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs, Manouchehr Manteghi, chairman of Iran national space administration, stated about the establishment of a center for designing aerospace and aviation requirements in the country: one of the priorities of the administration is establishing a design center for commercial airplanes, public aviation and helicopters.

He continued: with regard to the needs of the country regarding this industry and its role in developing of the economy, extensive efforts will be dedicated to the establishing and equipping of this center.

According to Manteghi, the related companies and universities will be definitely used to implement this project. He also affirmed: in this regard, a technology chain will be created among universities, knowledge-based companies and industry.

Chairman of Iran national space administration also asserted: polarization of universities and creating research centers have been followed up with the same objective.