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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]

Shafaq
Role	Trainer / Attack aircraft Type of aircraft
National origin	Iran
Manufacturer	Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA)
Designer	Aviation University Complex
First flight	2017 (forecast, but not achieved)
Status	Prototype
Primary user	Iran
Number built	One prototype
Developed from	M-ATF

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.^{[citation needed]}

This two-seat advanced training and attack aircraft appears to be based[2] 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[2] 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,[2] 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.[2] 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.^{[citation needed]} The Shafaq's advanced cockpit features color MFDs and a Russian-made K-36D ejection seat.

According to AIO (Aerospace Industries Organisation), the aircraft was expected to be flight tested during 2017, and featuring twin, outwardly canted vertical fins. This type of a tail design has become a favoured aerodynamic feature of Iranian designers that dates back to the development of the reverse-engineered Iranian version of the Northrop F-5, the HESA Saeqeh.[3]

Specifications

Data from Trend[4]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1 or 2
• Length: 10.84 m (35 ft 7 in)
• Wingspan: 10.45 m (34 ft 3 in)
• Height: 4.26 m (14 ft 0 in)
• Empty weight: 4,361 kg (9,614 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 6,900 kg (15,212 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Klimov RD-33 turbofan engine, 50 kN (11,000 lbf) thrust

Performance

• Service ceiling: 16,780 m (55,050 ft)
• Rate of climb: 110 m/s (22,000 ft/min)

Armament

• Missiles: Sattar, Shahbaz or Fatter missiles

See also

• Equipment of the Iranian Army

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• IAIO Qaher-313
• Hongdu L-15
• Yakovlev Yak-130

Related lists

• List of fighter aircraft

References

External links

• GlobalSecurity.org: Shafaq (Before Dawn)
• aeronautics.ru: aka "Vityaz-2000": a Russian based JSF^{[dead link]}

На других языках

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[de] HESA Shafaq

Die HESA Shafaq, auch Shafagh genannt (persisch شفق, „Dämmerung“ oder „Aurora“) ist ein iranisches Unterschall-Tarnkappenflugzeug.[1]

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- [en] HESA Shafaq

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[it] HESA Shafaq

L'HESA Shafaq o Shafagh o Shakhab (in persiano شفق, prima dell'alba) è un progetto di velivolo militare concepito per le forze aeree iraniane. Se completato, rappresenterebbe un grosso passo avanti per l'industria aeronautica iraniana, dopo le realizzazioni dell'addestratore Owj Tazarve e dell'HESA Saeqeh / HESA Azarakhsh, versioni del Northrop F-5 ottenute con un'operazione di ingegneria inversa

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