Kochi: Navy has not yet fixed any date for the test trial of the two Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), parts of which had been airlifted from Israel to Kochi, Naval sources said.

The UAV parts would have to be first assembled before the test trial dates could be fixed, the sources told reporters.

Selected Naval personnel from the Southern Naval command and other commands had undergone preliminary training in Israel for handling the UAV and were presently imparting training to the others involved in the project, sources said.

The first consignment of the UAV parts had arrived in a jumbo aircraft of the Israel airline EL-AL, from Tel Aviv on December 17at the Nedumbassery Airport. Though naval sources were tightlipped at first about the consignment, later in the night they confirmed that the parts were for two UAVs.

Being a training command and having a naval airport, the Southern Naval Command was considered ideal for setting up the major UAV base in India.

PTI