Shahed 274 ( fa, شاهد ۲۷۴) is an

Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian lan ...

-made light utility helicopter, reportedly developed by the

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi, lit=Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution also Sepāh or Pasdaran for short) is a branch o ...

History

According to ''Jane's'', the helicopter was known with the tentative name 'X-5' in the Institute of Industrial Research and Development of the

, where it was developed during the 1990s. The aircraft made its first flight reportedly in 1997, and the first instance was delivered on 16 September 1999 (with the tail number 71-823). The public international debut of Shahed 274 was held on 30 December 2000, in Tehran. By the end of 2001, it is known that two more helicopters with tail number 74-001 and 74-002 were in service. From October to November 2002, the helicopters were put on display at

Iran Kish Air Show The Kish Airshow also known as Persian Gulf Airshow is an aviation airshow held biennially on Kish Island, Iran. Its first airshow was in 2002 on Kish island, where 11 foreign companies participated from France, Russia, United Kingdom, Ukraine, ...

. By the end of 2004, it was reported that 20 or 30 were planned, but no evidence of were available as of 2006, and status of the project was also unknown.

Specifications

References

External links

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Shahed 274 Shahed 274 ( fa, شاهد ۲۷۴) is an Iranian-made light utility helicopter, reportedly developed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. History According to ''Jane's'', the helicopter was known with the tentative name 'X-5' in the Instit ...

1990s Iranian military utility aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1997