Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company

Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (Persian: شرکت صنایع هواپیماسازی ایران, HESA) was established in 1976 and belongs to the Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO). The company is located at Shahinshahr, Isfahan. The company has thousands of square meters of available grounds and 250,000 square meters of shops and hangars are allocated to A/C part manufacturing, assembling, laboratories, flight test facilities and shops of preparation for production. The original factory built by Textron, was to produce Bell 214 of different configurations in Iran with a deal that involved several hundred helicopters and technology transfers. Reportedly the contract was so huge that a new Textron division had to be founded to meet Iranian demands and handle the program with Maj-Gen Delk M Oden as president. The work was stopped due to Iranian Revolution and sanctions against Iran.^[1]

Accomplishments:

Manufacturing Iran-140 passenger plane with Ukraine Cooperation.
Design and manufacturing Ababil drone.^[2]
Manufacturing Shahed-278 helicopter
Manufacturing Zafar-300 helicopter^[3]^[4]
Manufacturing Shahed-274 helicopter^[5]
Manufacturing Shahed-285 helicopter
Manufacturing Dorna training aircraft
Manufacturing propeller with composite materials
Hovercraft repairs
Manufacturing parts
Azarakhsh
Saeqeh (warplane)
IAMI Shafaq
Simorgh: The Simorgh (هواپيماي سيمرغ) is a HESA built two-seat Northrop F-5A to F-5B conversion. It was first flown in Iran airshow 2005, and two have been built.^[6]