The Serbian Armed Forces and the Military Geographical Institute have acquired an aircraft after nearly three decades, and it is a Piper Seneca V equipped with modern tools for aerial photo geometry and worth EUR 2.7 million.

The plane landed at the Batajnica airbase on Tuesday, head of the Defence Ministry department for public relations Colonel Milivoje Pajovic told Tanjug. The Defence Ministry bought the aircraft for the Military Geographical Institute. It is equipped with the latest tools for digital aerial photo geometry.

The investment allows for collection and analysis of geospatial data in digital form and according to modern EU standards. It also enables the development and implementation of a national geographical information system and creation of a geospatial database to be used by the Armed Forces, the Defence Ministry stated.

Besides aerial photography, the airplane can also be used for special training by the airforce and transport. The introduction of digital aerial photography is important for re-establishing Serbia's aerial photogrammetry, which was first done by the Military Geographical Institute back in 1950.