IAMI Shafaq

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Shafaq
Shafaq
Type	Fighter / Attacker / Trainer
Manufacturer	Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company
Designed by	Aviation University Complex
Status	Prototype

The IAMI Shafaq (Persian: شفق, before the dawn) is stated to be Iran's fourth self-produced aircraft. The development team was headed by a female Iranian engineer.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Development 2 Operators 3 Specifications 4 References 5 External links 6 Related content

[edit] Development

Reports have indicated that Shafaq will be a sub-sonic aircraft and will have a skin of radar-absorbing material according to Iranian officials. Production is expected to start in 2008.^{[citation needed]}

The design for a new Iranian light attack aircraft the Shafaq (Shafagh) appears to be a replay of a light fighter design developed more than 10 years ago at Moscow, Russia. This two-seat Advanced training and Attack aircraft appears to be based on the Russian-Iranian "Project Integral" and are fitted with Russian ejection seats. Reportedly there are plans to produce three versions -- one two-seat trainer/light strike version and two one-seat fighter-bomber versions.^{[citation needed]}

The Shafaq is an advanced Light Attack/Trainer aircraft designed by the Aviation University Complex (AUC), part of the Malek Ashtar University of Technology. At the start of the program Iran received help from Russia and the aircraft was known as Integral. Russia later backed away from this project due to several reasons and Iran carried on the project by itself and the aircraft became known as Shafaq. The Shafaq is a sub-sonic aircraft, made of radar-absorbing material. It has a large leading edge root extension (LERX) and a root aft of the wing which gives it an unusual circular sub-section.^{[citation needed]}

A 1/7 scale model of the Shafaq has already completed testing in the AUC's wind tunnel and pictures have already been revealed which show that a full-scale model has already been built.^{[citation needed]} The Shafaq will be built in different configurations including a two-seater trainer, a two-seater Light Attack and a one-seater Light Attack variants. Roll-out of the first prototype is scheduled for 2008. In August 2004, it was reported that the Shafaq prototype jet was ready for flight.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Operators

•  Iran

[edit] Specifications

General characteristics

• Crew: 1 or 2 (Pilot and Radar Intercept Officer)
• Length: 10.84 m ()
• Wingspan: 10.45 m ()
• Height: 4.26 m ()
• Wing area: N/A ()
• Airfoil: N/A
• Empty weight: 4361 kg ()
• Loaded weight: N/A ()
• Max takeoff weight: 6900 kg ()
• Powerplant: N/A× RD-33 , 4200 kg without afterburner () each

Performance

• Maximum speed: training model 1 Mach , fighter model 1.6 Mach (training model 1,150 km/h)
• Range: N/A ()
• Service ceiling: 16,780 m ()
• Rate of climb: 6600 m/min ()
• Thrust/weight: N/A

Armament

N/A

• Guns:N/A
• Missiles: Sattar, Shabaz,Fatter
• Loading configurations:N/A
• Bombs:N/A

Avionics

N/A

Unit cost

• Unit Cost: : Unknown

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Shafaq (Before Dawn) page on GlobalSecurity.org
• Iran Military forum
• Fighter aircraft page (in Farsi)

[edit] Related content

 

Comparable aircraft

• F-35 Lightning II
• Dassault Rafale
• Eurofighter Typhoon
• Sukhoi Su-30
• Sukhoi Su-35
• Mikoyan Project 1.44

 

 

See also

• 5th generation jet fighter
• Military of Iran
• Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
• List of Iranian Air Force aircraft
• Iranian military industry
• Current Equipment of the Iranian Army

Military of the Islamic Republic of Iran
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