Tehran, April 19, IRNA � Ministry of Roads and Urban Development said on Tuesday that Iran signed a contract with France to purchase three radars for Iranian airports.

The contract was signed in presence of Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhundi and French Minister of Transport Alain Vidalies in Tehran.
The radars will be installed at control towers of airports of Tehran (Mehrabad), Shiraz and Bandar Abbas.

Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company (IAANC) and French Thales Company signed the contract.

Member of Board of Directors of IAANC Ahmad Moameni-Roukh said that a contract worth 32 million euros was signed by Thales of France in 2005 to purchase five radars, four of them were delivered.

He made clear that Iran published a tender to buy radar for control tower last year. Several European companies took part in the tender in which Thales won, he said.
He said that in negotiation with Thales for purchasing new radars, the former contract of 2005 was updated to deliver new radars to Iran.

By IRNA