Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industries Corporation

Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industries Corporation
Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA), or Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industries Corporation, is an Iranian aircraft production company. Established in 1976, it belongs to the Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO) and is located at Shahin Shahr, Isfahan province. 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 Textron, was to produce Bell 214s 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 and subsequent sanctions against Iran.
Names
Originally it was Helicopter-sāzi-e Irān شرکت صنعت هلیکوپترسازی ایران,
The company is also 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).
Products
Jet-propelled aircraft
HESA Kowsar - a domestic "4th generation" version of reverse-engineered F-5 Tiger.
Azarakhsh fighter jet (based on Northrop F-5)
Saeqeh fighter jet (based on Northrop F-5)
Simorgh: The Simorgh (هواپيماي سيمرغ) is a HESA-built two-seat Northrop F-5A to F-5B conversion. It was first flown in Iran Kish Air Show 2005, and two have been built.
Qaher313
Yasin
Dorna training aircraft
Shafaq Light Trainer/Light Attack/Light Fighter (based on M-ATF)
Propeller aircraft
IrAn-140 passenger plane with Ukrainian cooperation and based on Antonov An-140.
HESA Simourgh Transport plane based on IrAn-140/An-140.
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 helicopter (based on Bell 206)
Shahed 274 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)
Shahed 131
Shahed 136 loitering munition
Sofreh Mahi
Shahed 129
Shahed 149 Gaza
Shahed 171 Simorgh
Shahed saegheh
fʊtros
ababil
Sanctions
Iran Watch has a helpful compendium of sanctions. HESA has been subject to American sanctions since 2008. The Council of the European Union sanctioned it on 26 July 2010, and HM Treasury on 27 July 2010. On 30 January 2023, the European Union imposed additional sanctions on HESA for providing Russia with UAVs used in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
See also
Iran Electronic Industries
Iran Aviation Industries Organization
Military of Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
List of Iranian Air Force aircraft
Iranian military industry
Current Equipment of the Iranian Army
References
External links
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
Isfahan Province