IAMI SHAFAQ

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The 'IAMI Shafaq' (Persian: شفق, ''before the dawn'') is planned to be Iran's third locally produced aircraft.

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Reports have indicated that Shafaq will be a sub-sonic aircraft but this might be improved, and it will have a skin of radar-absorbing material according to Iranian officials. Production is expected to start in 2008.
The design for a new Iranian light attack aircraft the Shafaq (Shafagh) appears to be a replay of a light fighter design developed more than 10 years ago at Moscow, Russia. This two-seat Advanced training and Attack aircraft appears to be based 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.
The Shafaq is an advanced Light Attack/Trainer aircraft designed by the Aviation University Complex (AUC), part of the Malek Ashtar University of Technology. At the start of the program Iran received help from Russia and the aircraft was known as ''Integral''. Russia later backed away from this project due to several reasons and Iran carried on the project by itself and the aircraft became known as ''Shafaq''. The Shafaq is a sub-sonic aircraft, 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.
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. 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 is scheduled for 2008.

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|crew= one or two (Pilot and Radar Intercept Officer)
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|length main= 10.84 m
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|span main= 10.45 m
|span alt= 34 ft 3 in
|height main= 4.26 m
|height alt= 13 ft 11 in
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|empty weight main= 4,361 kg
|empty weight alt= 9,594 lb
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|max takeoff weight main= 6,900 kg
|max takeoff weight alt= 15,180 lb
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|engine (jet)= Klimov RD-33
|type of jet=turbofan
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|thrust main= 11,230 lbf
|thrust alt= 50.0 kN
|thrust original=(5,098 kgf)
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|max speed alt= 1,150 km/h, 715 mph
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|ceiling main= 16,780 m
|ceiling alt= 55,040 ft
|climb rate main= 110 m/s
|climb rate alt= 21,650 ft/min
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★ Sattar, Shabaz, Fatter missiles
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References

External links

★ 'Shafaq' (''Before Dawn'') page on GlobalSecurity.org

★ Iran Military forum

★ Fighter aircraft page (in Farsi)

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