ISLAMABAD – Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan on Friday inaugurated its policy think tank, Centre for Aerospace and Security Studies.
The event was attended by former Air Chiefs, Senators, senior officers of the tri-services, members of the academia, prominent personalities from various think tanks, and media.
Air Marshal Shahid Akhtar Alvi, Deputy Chief of the Air Staff(Training), welcomed the distinguished guests in his opening address. Air Marshal (r) Waseem ud Din presented a broad overview of the newly established centre which would carry out systematic research in the Aerospace domain.
Addressing the ceremony, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) chief said: “The dimensions of aerospace power continue to expand day by day and with technologies and vast improvements taking place in air and space platforms, it has become an instrument of first choice.”
He added that the capabilities of the aerospace domain could only be exploited with awareness and knowledge about evolving technologies, trends and employment concepts, which would form the core of research at this institution.
He also felicitated the management for a successful initiative and expressed his desire to utilize the available expertise for future policy recommendations in the domain of aerospace and security studies.
