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During the handover ceremony at RAS headquarters in Mönchengladbach, Germany, Nikolaos Mavrikis, director special mission division, stated: “The Pakistan Navy has taken delivery of its second RAS 72 MPA, becoming the newest operator of RAS` latest generation airborne platform and Aerodata’s Mission Management system for anti-submarine warfare, based on the cost efficient twin-engine turbo prop ATR 72 platform.

“The two RAS 72 in operation provide our customer with strategic maritime dominance and endorse the defence and maritime security domain of Pakistan. Working closely with the Pakistan Navy, and based on the feedback received from the operators as well as from the naval aviators, we can clearly claim that this program has significantly extended the organisation’s capabilities, modernised their fleet and endorsed the surveillance along the country’s costal border as well as in international waters.”