HESA Shafaq
| Shafaq | |
|---|---|
| Role | Trainer / Attack aircraft |
| National origin | Iran |
| Manufacturer | Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company |
| Designer | Aviation University Complex |
| Introduction | 2015 |
| Status | Prototype |
| Primary user | Iran |
| Unit cost |
114 million
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| Developed from | M-ATF |
The HESA Shafaq or Shafagh (Persian: هواپیمای شفق, "Twilight" or "Aurora") is an Iranian subsonic stealth aircraft project.[1]
Development
Reports have indicated that Shafaq will be a subsonic 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[3] 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,[3] 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 [3]
General characteristics
- Crew: one or two (Pilot and Radar Intercept Officer)
- Length: 10.84 m ()
- Wingspan: 10.45 m ()
- Height: 4.26 m ()
- Empty weight: 4361 kg ()
- Max. takeoff weight: 6900 kg ()
- 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
See also
- Related development
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
- Related lists
References
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shafagh. |
- 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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