(MIL) NO PROBLEM IN TENDER OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE, MINISTER GONUL.ANKARA, Oct 24, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul said on Saturday that there were no problems in tender of unmanned aerial vehicle A powered, aerial vehicle that does not carry a human operator, uses aerodynamic forces to provide vehicle lift, can fly autonomously or be piloted remotely, can be expendable or recoverable, and can carry a lethal or nonlethal payload. . Speaking to reporters after his meeting with Canadian Defense Minister Peter Mackay Peter Gordon MacKay, Conservative, QC, MP (born September 27, 1965) serves as the member of Parliament (MP) for Central Nova, Nova Scotia, Canada's Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. , Gonul said two companies remained in the tender, noting that those companies developed two separate planes. Gonul said both of those companies lost one plane around 18,000 feet height, "however, the companies did not lose time and alternate planes flew. Turkey's tender continues. Executive committee will give the final decision." Gonul said the unmanned aerial vehicle was totally home-made, noting that private sector made command control systems and many other systems. When Canadian minister was asked to comment on Turkey's "democratic move" process, Mackay said Turkey was an important friend of Canada and they always supported Turkey's efforts to reach a solution. He said Canada particularly supported the opening of archives regarding relations with Armenia and discussion of the period openly. Mackay expressed readiness of Canada to undertake a mission as a mediator mediator n. a person who conducts mediation. A mediator is usually a lawyer, or retired judge, but can be a non-attorney specialist in the subject matter (like child custody) who tries to bring people and their disputes to early resolution through a conference. and friend on the matter, and noted that there were some problems in Canada's history as it happened in every country's history. Mackay said all those developments would have very big contributions to Turkey's future. The guest minister also thanked to contributions of Turkey during evacuation evacuation /evac·u·a·tion/ (e-vak?u-a´shun) 1. an emptying. 2. catharsis; emptying of the bowels. e·vac·u·a·tion n. of Canadian citizens from Beirut. (AY) (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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