HESA Shafaq
| Shafaq | |
|---|---|
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| Role | Trainer / Attack aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company |
| Designer | Aviation University Complex |
| Status | Prototype |
| Primary user | Iran |
| Developed from | M-ATF |
The HESA Shafaq or Shafagh (Persian: شفق, before the dawn) is planned to be Iran's third locally produced aircraft.[1]
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[citation needed] 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 (citation/proof needed) 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[citation needed], 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 was scheduled for 2008.[2] The Shafaq's advanced cockpit features color MFDs and a Russian-made K-36D ejection seat.
Operators
Specifications (Shafaq)
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Data from [citation needed]
General characteristics
- Crew: one or two (Pilot and Radar Intercept Officer)
Performance
Armament
- Sattar, Shahbaz, Fatter missiles
See also
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
Related lists
References
- ^ a b c "golobalsecurity".
- ^ a b "ainonline".
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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