Iranian DefenseMinister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtianihas launched the production line of homegrown Yasin training jet, which could also be tasked for close air support(CAS). Among our main concerns is training fighter pilots, because the process is of paramount significance and requires training aircraft in different classes, Ashtiani ...

The Head of the Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO) said that Iran is to unveil the unmanned version of Ghaher-313 fighter jet next year. Second Brigadier General Afshin Khajeh Fard pointed out that the project of Ghaher has gained maturity. The various versions of Ghaher will be submitted to the Iranian armed forces, he further noted....

The Head of the Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO) said that the country will achieve practical success in the field of passenger aircraft construction in the next three years. Second Brigadier General Afshin Khajeh Fard made the remarks while he paid a visit to the Iran Laboratory Equipment and Chemical Exhibition (Iran Lab Expo 2022) ...

Tasnim The managing director of the Iran Aviation Industries Organization (AIO) said the country will export planes fully designed and manufactured inside the country in the near future. Brigadier General Abdolkarim Bnitarafi pointed to the 9th International Iran Air Show, which opened on Irans southern island of Kish on Monday, saying that the air ...

"Orbiting satellites is our priority; generally we have strategies for different levels and we will start from lower to the higher orbits," Manteqi, who used to serve as the managing director of Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO), told FNA on Sunday. He also announced plans to promote the students projects to build satellites. In relevant ...

[caption id="attachment_143565" align="alignright" width="140"] File photo shows Iran's domestically-developed fighter jet, Saeqeh.[/caption] TEHRAN (Tasnim) Managing Director of Iran Aviation Industries Organization Manouchehr Manteqi announced on Monday that Tehran will soon unveil the second version of its home-made Saeqeh (Thunderbolt) fighter ...

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TEHRAN (Tasnim) An Iranian aviation official said the country will soon unveil a new model of its home-made Saeqeh (Thunderbolt) fighter jet. Managing Director of the Iranian Aviation Industries Organization Manouchehr Manteqi told Tasnim on Saturday that the new aircraft is ready to be unveiled. Irans military officials had already ...

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TEHRAN (FNA)- Deputy Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami announced that the country's four-year security plan with an emphasis on human resources and building low-cost and effective equipment for the Armed Forces has been communicated to the Armed Forces by Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei. "In the four-...

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TEHRAN (Tasnim) Managing Director of the Iranian Aviation Industries Organization Manouchehr Manteqi said Iranian experts have managed to indigenize flight simulator technology. From now on, before any building any kind of drone, its simulator will be designed to reduce training costs and boost the capabilities of Iranian pilots, Manouchehr Manteqi ...

TEHRAN, Nov. 23 (MNA) The head of Iran Air has said sanctions have grounded the companys old fleet of airplanes. Farhad Parvaresh told Mehr News that despite lifting of sanctions on Irans aviation industry Britains Rolls-Royce had not agreed to send Iran the plane parts, a fact that had grounded many of Iran Airs old Fokker planes. 8 planes out of ...

TEHRAN, Nov. 15 (MNA) The Head of Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO) has said private sector has embarked on developing commercial drones. Manuchehr Manteqi who was speaking to the press pointed to holding of the 7th Iranian AirandAviation Industries exhibitionin KishIsland. The exhibition will focus on 4 areas of product, services, knowledge-...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Officials in Tehran said Iranian aviation experts and engineers are working to increase the country's airport facilities and equipment in a bid to attract more international corridor and transit flights by foreign airlines. "We are consulting with international airlines in order to accommodate more transit flights through Iran's airspace,...

Tehran, July 6, IRNA Deputy Head of Iranian Aviation Organization for International Affairs Mohammad Khoda-Karami criticized certain European airports for not providing fuel to the Iranian airliners. Talking to IRNA on Sunday, he noted that according to the Chicago Convention all member stats are obliged to provide fuel and handling services to passenger ...

A senior Iranian aviation official says the country will finish development of a new generation of a small indigenous passenger plane as well as two helicopters by the end of the next Iranian calendar year (finishes March 19, 2016). Manouchehr Manteqi, the managing director of the Iranian Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO), said on Monday that ...

[caption id="attachment_28890" align="alignright" width="180"] File photo shows an Iran Air Airbus A300-605R passenger plane.[/caption] TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran's Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) announced that it has been technically ready to resume Iran-US flights since last year, emphasizing that the order to do so has not been issued yet. Speaking ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Deputy Road and Urbanization Minister Ali Mohammad Nourian announced that the country has allocated 5% of its National Development Fund for the renovation of its old passenger fleet. 5% of the National Development Fund facilities is allocated to the renovation of the air fleet and the airlines are to import minus 10-year-...

[caption id="attachment_35202" align="alignright" width="180"] Iran Air Boeing 747 passenger plane[/caption] TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO) announced that 67 Iranian science-based companies are cooperating in the designing of the countrys new 150-seater passenger plane. A sum of 67 science-based companies have ...