FAdeA IA-100 Malvina explained

The FAdeA IA-100 Malvina is an Argentine trainer aircraft developed by the Fábrica Argentina de Aviones from December 2014. It was first flown in 2016.^[1]

Design and development

The IA-100 was developed as a result of a project to demonstrate FAdeA's current design and production capabilities, as a basis for a future indigenous training aircraft. The outcome was a technology demonstrator that incorporated processes and materials common in many industries but still new to FAdeA, such as composite materials.

In August 2020, the Argentinian Ministry of Defence named the aircraft "Malvina", after Argentina's name for the Falkland Islands.^[2]

Further reading

• Web site: FAdeA IA-100 . Brea . Esteban . Spanish . 2016-02-04 . Gaceta Aeronautica . 2018-01-13 .
• Web site: FAdeA: Actualidad del Programa IA-100 . Cimino . Marcelo . Spanish . 2016-04-04 . Intereses Estrategicos Argentinos . 2018-01-13 .

External links

• FAdeA IA-100 page

Notes and References

1. Fresh Air at FAdeA. Flight International. 4 April 2017. 191. 5581. 25.
2. Web site: Argentina to use pension funds to restart development of IA-100 ‘Malvina’. Reim. Garrett. 25 August 2020. FlightGlobal. 25 August 2020.