HESA Shafaq
| Shafaq | |
|---|---|
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| Role | Trainer / Attack aircraft |
| National origin | Iran |
| Manufacturer | Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company |
| Designer | Aviation University Complex |
| Introduction | 2015 |
| Status | Prototype |
| Primary user | Iran |
| Developed from | M-ATF |
The HESA Shafaq or Shafagh (Persian: هواپیمای شفق, "Twilight" or "Aurora") is an Iranian subsonic stealth aircraft project being developed by the Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA).[1]
Development
According to reports, the Shafaq will be a subsonic aircraft, but this might be changed. Additionally, Iranian Officials have reported that the Shafaq will have a skin of radar-absorbing material.[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[3] and the aircraft was known as Integral. Russia later backed away from this project for several reasons[citation needed] and Iran carried on the project by itself renaming it Shafaq. The Shafaq is designed as a sub-sonic aircraft,[3] and 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.[3] 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.
Specifications
Data from Trend[4]
General characteristics
- Crew: one or two (Pilot and Radar Intercept Officer)
Performance
Armament
- Sattar, Shahbaz, Fatter missiles
See also
Related development
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
Related lists
References
- ^ a b c "Shafaq". globalsecurity.
- ^ a b . ainonline https://web.archive.org/web/20080226045858/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. Archived from the original on February 26, 2008.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c d Larkins Dsouza (September 22, 2007). "Shafaq- Iranian Stealth Plane". defenceaviation.
- ^ "Iran unveiled new indigenous fighter jet". Trend. 2 February 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
External links
- GlobalSecurity.org: Shafaq (Before Dawn)
- ainonline.com: Iran struggles to field a fighter
- aeronautics.ru: aka "Vityaz-2000": a Russian based JSF[dead link]
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