Director General Strategic Plans Division Lieutenant General (Retd) Khalid Ahmed Kidwai (L) handing over replica of indigenously developed surveillance capable UAVs formally inducted in Pakistan Armed Forces to Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani (R). PHOTO: ISPR
Lt Gen Hayat will replace Lt General (Retd) Khalid Ahmed Kidwai as the head of SPD.
The SPD administers National Command Authority policies over all of Pakistan’s nuclear and missile programs. The SPD exercises significant administrative authority over the research, development, production, and manufacturing of Pakistan’s ballistic and cruise missile arsenal.
Among its duties, the SPD trains and maintains a dedicated force that provides security to Pakistan’s nuclear programmes and assets.
Earlier this year, Lt Gen Kidwai also saw the induction of the first indigenous fleet of surveillance drones.
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