Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA), ( fa, شرکت صنایع هواپیماسازی ایران — هسا) or Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industries Corporation, is an Iranian aircraft production company. Established in 1976, it belongs to the

Iran Aviation Industries Organization The Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO) ( fa, سازمان صنایع هوایی ایران, ''Sazman-e Sânai'-ye Havaii-ye Iran''), also known as the Aerospace Industries Organization, is an Iranian state-owned corporation established ...

(IAIO) and is located at

Shahin Shahr Shahin Shahr ( fa, شاهين شهر،شایین شهر, also Romanized as Shāhīn Shahr) is a city and capital of Shahin Shahr and Meymeh County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 173,329 in 35,827 families. Shahin ...

, Isfahan. Approximately 2 million square meters or 500 acres of land on which the company is established was gifted by the locally notable and well-regarded Boroumand family (the brothers: Abdolghaffar, Abdolrahman, Abdolrahim, Abdolkarim, Abdolrashid and Abdollah). The company has thousands of square meters of available grounds, and 250,000 square meters of shops and hangars are allocated to A/C part manufacturing, assembling, laboratories, flight test facilities and shops of preparation for production. The original factory, built by

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, was to produce

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s of different configurations in Iran with a deal that involved several hundred helicopters and technology transfers. Reportedly the contract was so huge that a new Textron division had to be founded to meet Iranian demands and handle the program with Major General Delk M. Oden as president. The work ended due to the

Iranian Revolution The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dyna ...

and subsequent

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Also known as

The Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Company organization can be known as: * HESA, * HESA Trade Center, * HTC, * IAMCO, * IAMI, * Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Company, * Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industries, * Karkhanejate Sanaye Havapaymaie Iran, * Hava Peyma Sazi-e Iran, * Havapeyma Sazhran, * Havapeyma Sazi Iran, * Hevapeimasazi

Subsidiaries

*Company for Designing and Manufacturing Light Aircraft (high-tech drones). Antonov (HESA) An-140-100, HESA Airlines AN2221381

Products

Jet-propelled aircraft

* HESA Dorna *

HESA Kowsar The HESA Kowsar ( fa, کوثر, also spelt ''Kosar'') is an Iranian fighter jet based on the American Northrop F-5. The aircraft is equipped with new fourth generation avionics in combination with an advanced fire control system. Western ana ...

- a domestic "4th generation" version of reverse-engineered F-5 Tiger. *

Azarakhsh The HESA Azarakhsh ( fa, آذرخش ''Âzarakhš'', "Thunderbolt") is a jet fighter aircraft manufactured by the Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA). It is widely regarded as a rebuilt and renamed American Northrop F-5 Freedom ...

fighter jet (based on

Northrop F-5 The Northrop F-5 is a family of supersonic light fighter aircraft initially designed as a privately funded project in the late 1950s by Northrop Corporation. There are two main models, the original F-5A and F-5B Freedom Fighter variants and t ...

) *

Saeqeh The HESA Saeqeh ( fa, صاعقه, "thunderbolt"), alternatively spelt Sa'eqeh; Saegheh, or Saeqeh-80, is an Iranian built single-seat jet fighter, derived from the American Northrop F-5. A joint product of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force ...

fighter jet (based on

) * Simorgh: The Simorgh (هواپيماي سيمرغ) is a HESA-built two-seat

A to F-5B conversion. It was first flown in Iran Kish Air Show 2005, and two have been built.

Propeller aircraft

* IrAn-140 passenger plane with

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cooperation and based on

Antonov An-140 The Antonov An-140 is a turboprop regional airliner, designed by the Ukrainian Antonov ASTC bureau as a successor to the Antonov An-24, with extended cargo capacity and the ability to use unprepared airstrips. Design and development First flown ...

. * Dorna training aircraft *Simorgh transport aircraft *

Shafaq The HESA Shafaq or Shafagh ( fa, هواپیمای شفق, "Twilight" or "Aurora") is an Iranian subsonic stealth aircraft project being developed by the Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA). Development According to reports, ...

Light Trainer/Light Attack/Light Fighter (based on M-ATF)

Miscellaneous

* Designing and manufacturing parachute recovery system for Ababil drone. * Propeller with composite materials * Manufacturing parts

Rotorcraft

* Shahed 278 helicopter (using components from Bell 206 and Panha Shabaviz 2061) *

Zafar 300 The Bell 206 is a family of two-bladed, single- and twin-engined helicopters, manufactured by Bell Helicopter at its Mirabel, Quebec, plant. Originally developed as the Bell YOH-4 for the United States Army's Light Observation Helicopter progra ...

helicopter (based on Bell 206) *

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 ...

helicopter (based on Bell 206) * Shahed 285 helicopter (using components from Bell 206 and Panha Shabaviz 2061)

Hovercraft

* Hovercraft repairs likely for Islamic Republic of Iran Navy

UAV

Karrar (UCAV) The HESA Karrar ( fa, کرار) is an Iranian jet-powered target drone manufactured by Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA) since 2010. The Karrar is a derivative of the American 1970s-era Beechcraft MQM-107 Streaker target dro ...

Shahed 136 The HESA Shahed 136 ( fa, شاهد ۱۳۶, literally "Witness-136"), or Geran-2 in Russian service, is an Iranian loitering munition in the form of an autonomous pusher-prop drone. It is designed and manufactured by Shahed Aviation Industries ...

loitering munition A loitering munition (also known as a suicide droneLoitering Muniti ...

Sofreh Mahi Sofreh Mâhi ( fa, سفره ماهی, "Eagle ray") is an Iranian stealth UCAV under development. Little is known about the drone but scaled down mock-ups shown during Iranian Army Day 2010 parade show that it has a flat diamond shape body with tw ...

* Shahed 149 Gaza

Sanctions

Iran Watch has a helpful compendium of sanctions. HESA has been subject to American sanctions since 2008. The

Council of the European Union The Council of the European Union, often referred to in the treaties and other official documents simply as the Council, and informally known as the Council of Ministers, is the third of the seven Institutions of the European Union (EU) as ...

sanctioned it on 26 July 2010, and

HM Treasury His Majesty's Treasury (HM Treasury), occasionally referred to as the Exchequer, or more informally the Treasury, is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for developing and executing the government's public finance policy and ...

on 27 July 2010.

References

External links

Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA)
Official website ;Videos
Iranian Combat Aircraft Programmes
- IHS Aerospace Defence & Security (2015) {{Iranian Aircraft Aircraft manufacturers of Iran Defence companies of Iran Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force Manufacturing companies of Iran Manufacturing companies established in 1976 1976 establishments in Iran Iranian entities subject to the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions