An Iranian research team in Khuzestan Province designed and built a fully indigenized simulator for Boeing 737 passenger plane.
The group could construct the simulator system in eight months and all equipment used in the system are fully home-grown, "the Head of the research team Afshin Sadeqi" saying on Monday.
Noting that the system will be unveiled early February, he said given the high costs of sending pilots to foreign countries for preliminary training to fly Boeing 737, such a system was built by Iranian experts to save hard currency.
Iranian experts have made huge progress in designing and developing various types of military simulators in recent years. Simulators help cadets receive better training and test their piloting and shooting skills in various climatic conditions.
An indigenous simulator for Mig-29 fighter jets was launched at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport in 2015 in a ceremony attended by senior Air Force commanders.
At the ceremony, Iranian Air Force Lieutenant Commander General Mohammad Bakhshandeh appreciated the country's experts for building and overhauling different simulators.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran's Air Force has attained self-sufficiency and self-reliance in this sector (building simulators) and this has improved pilot training programs," he said.
He hoped that the use of existing simulators in the Air Force's operational power would increase by the day.
