"The night vision systems are being mounted on helicopters and it will be displayed on April 18 (the National Army Day) and we will have night flights," General Qorbani told reporters in a press conference in Tehran on Saturday.
Stressing that Iran doesn’t import any military parts from foreign states, he said that the country's experts have overhauled a large number of helicopters whose details will be declared soon.
General Qorbani also underlined that the combat power of the Iranian Army's Airborne forces will also increase in the current Iranian year (started on March 21).
In relevant remarks in 2014, Head of Iran's Helicopters Company Seyed Mahmoud Azin had said Iranian experts could repair and overhaul all types of choppers.
"We can overhaul helicopters and check them after every three thousand hours of flight," Azin said.
He underlined the high capabilities of the Iranian pilots, and said, "Even the Americans know how high the capabilities of the Iranian pilots are."
Also in February 2015, Managing-Director of Iran's Helicopter Renovation and Logistics Company (PANHA) General Mohammad Ali Ahmadabadi announced that the country's latest home-made helicopter, 'Homa', is having its final flight tests.
"The helicopter has been built as a result of the efforts of PANHA company and is a 14-seater chopper," Ahmadabadi told reporters in Tehran.
"Homa has had its test flight and is now in the final test stage," he added.
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