Chairman of Iran's Topography Organization Mahmoud Ilkhan said that the manufacturing process of an indigenously designed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for aerial photography purposes is underway. "Now, with the help of Tehran University, a research project to build a drone for aerial photography to make technical maps is underway," said Ilkhan, adding, "The underway project's results will be finalized in the next few months." He expressed the hope that the drone would carry out mission successfully for technical mapping in urban areas, the Iranian students news agency reported.