HESA Shafaq
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| Shafaq | |
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| Type | Trainer / Attack aircraft / Fighter/Bomber |
| Manufacturer | Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company |
| Designed by | Aviation University Complex |
| Status | Prototype |
| Primary user | Iran |
| Number built | 1 (prototype) |
| Developed from | Yak-130 |
The IAMI or HESA Shafaq or Shafagh (Persian: شفق, before the dawn) is planned to be Iran's third locally produced aircraft. [1]
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[edit] Development
Reports have indicated that Shafaq will be a sub-sonic aircraft but this might be improved, and it will have a skin of radar-absorbing material according to Iranian officials.[2]
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.[1]
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.[1]
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.[2] The Shafaq's advanced cockpit features color MFDs and a Russian-made K-36D ejection seat - once considered by the US to be used on the F-22 Raptor.[1][verification needed]
[edit] Operators
[edit] Specifications (Shafaq)
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General characteristics
- Crew: one or two (Pilot and Radar Intercept Officer)
- Length: ()
- Wingspan: ()
- Height: ()
- Powerplant: 1× Klimov RD-33 turbofan, 11,230 lbf (50.0 kN)(5,098 kgf)
Performance
- Maximum speed: Mach 1 ? (1,150 km/h, 715 mph)
- Service ceiling 16,780 m (55,040 ft)
- Rate of climb: 110 m/s (21,650 ft/min)
Armament
- Sattar, Shahbaz, Fatter missiles
[edit] See also
- Iran Aviation Industries Organization
- Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
- Iranian military industry
- Current Equipment of the Iranian Army
- Ava-202
Comparable aircraft
Related lists
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Iran Military pictures and video
- Shafaq (Before Dawn) page on GlobalSecurity.org
- Fighter aircraft page (in Farsi)
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