HESA Shafaq
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| Role | Trainer / Attack aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company |
| Designer | Aviation University Complex |
| Introduction | 2013 |
| Status | Prototype |
| Primary user | Iran |
| Unit cost | 34 million |
| Developed from | M-ATF |
HESA Shafaq or Shafagh (Persian: هواپیمای شفق, "before the dawn") is an Iranian subsonic stealth aircraft project.[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[3] 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 designed by the Aviation University Complex (AUC), part of the Malek-Ashtar University of Technology (MUT). At the start of the program Iran received help from Russia[4] and the aircraft was known as Integral. Russia later backed away from this project due to several reasons[citation needed] and Iran carried on the project by itself and the aircraft became known as Shafaq. The Shafaq is a sub-sonic aircraft[5], 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.[6] 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 was scheduled for 2008.[2] The Shafaq's advanced cockpit features color MFDs and a Russian-made K-36D ejection seat.
[edit] Operators
[edit] Specifications (Shafaq)
Data from [7]
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
- 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
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
- Related lists
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "golobalsecurity". http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iran/shafaq.htm.
- ^ a b "ainonline". http://www.ainonline.com/airshow-convention-news/dubai-air-show/single-publication-story/browse/0/article/iran-struggles-to-field-a-fighter/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Bmode%5D=1.
- ^ http://www.defenceaviation.com/2007/09/iranian-stealth-plane.html
- ^ http://www.defenceaviation.com/2007/09/iranian-stealth-plane.html
- ^ http://www.defenceaviation.com/2007/09/iranian-stealth-plane.html
- ^ http://www.defenceaviation.com/2007/09/iranian-stealth-plane.html
- ^ http://www.defenceaviation.com/2007/09/iranian-stealth-plane.html
[edit] External links
- Shafaq (Before Dawn) page on GlobalSecurity.org
- Iran struggles to field a fighter
- aka "Vityaz-2000": a Russian based JSF
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