Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industries Corporation Explained
Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company شرکت صنایع هواپیماسازی ایران |
Type: | Aerospace manufacturerGovernment-owned corporation |
Foundation: | 1977 |
Location: | Isfahan province, Iran |
Key People: | Gen. Hojjatulah Qureshi (Chairman)[1] |
Industry: | Aerospace |
Products: | Commercial airliners, civil & military aircraft, civil aviation |
Parent: | Iran Aviation Industries Organization |
Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA), (fa|شرکت صنایع هواپیماسازی ایران – هسا) or Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industries Corporation,[2] [3] 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.[4]
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.
Iran Watch has a helpful compendium of sanctions.[5] HESA has been subject to American sanctions since 2008.[6] The Council of the European Union sanctioned it on 26 July 2010, and HM Treasury on 27 July 2010.[7] On 30 January 2023, the European Union imposed additional sanctions on HESA for providing Russia with UAVs used in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Names
Originally it was Helicopter-sāzi-e Irān شرکت صنعت هلیکوپترسازی ایران[8] ,[9]
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).[10]
Products
Jet-propelled aircraft
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.[11]
Miscellaneous
- Designing and manufacturing parachute recovery system for Ababil drone.
- Propeller with composite materials
- Manufacturing parts
Rotorcraft
Hovercraft
UAV
See also
Notes and References
- News: Iran's Armed-Drone Prowess Reshapes Security in Middle East . The Wall Street Journal . 6 October 2021 . 6 October 2021 . 6 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211006211250/https://www.wsj.com/articles/irans-armed-drone-prowess-reshapes-security-in-middle-east-11633530266 . live .
- Web site: Four Foreign Nationals Charged with Iran Sanctions Violations | USAO-EDVA | Department of Justice . 28 August 2020 . 2021-10-16 . 2021-04-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210401164329/https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/four-foreign-nationals-charged-iran-sanctions-violations . live .
- Web site: Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations . 4 March 2019 . 2021-10-16 . 2021-10-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211016162641/https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/sor-2010-165/page-3.html?wbdisable=true . live .
- Web site: Filepool – Detail | Organization for Investment Economic and Technical Assistance of Iran . 2014-03-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161227193349/http://www.investiniran.ir/en/filepool/26?redirectpage=%2Fen%2Febook . 2016-12-27 . dead .
- News: Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industries (HESA) . www.iranwatch.org . 2022-10-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221023062106/https://www.iranwatch.org/iranian-entities/iran-aircraft-manufacturing-industries-hesa . live .
- News: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. Additional Designation of Entities Pursuant to Executive Order 13382. 09/17/2008. 73 FR 64008. . www.federalregister.gov .
- News: iran__nuclear . assets.publishing.service.gov.uk . 2022-10-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221025061539/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1082660/iran__nuclear_.pdf . live .
- Web site: ناگفتههایی از سیستم مستشاری ارتش شاه- اخبار رسانه ها تسنیم Tasnim . 2023-05-27 . خبرگزاری تسنیم Tasnim . fa.
- News: آرین . حسین . 2016-06-01 . صادرات سلاح و جایگاه صنایع دفاعی ایران . fa . رادیو فردا . 2023-05-27 . 2022-10-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221005190459/https://www.radiofarda.com/a/f8-iran-weapons/27772844.html . live .
- News: Iran's Armed-Drone Prowess Reshapes Security in Middle East – WSJ . The Wall Street Journal . 6 October 2021 . 2021-10-06 . 2021-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211006211250/https://www.wsj.com/articles/irans-armed-drone-prowess-reshapes-security-in-middle-east-11633530266 . live .
- Web site: 2022-05-19 . Iran's 'domestically manufactured' Simorgh aircraft unveiled . 2022-05-19 . Mehr News Agency . en . 2022-05-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220519103607/https://en.mehrnews.com/news/186973/Iran-s-domestically-manufactured-Simorgh-aircraft-unveiled . live .
- Web site: Zafar 300 helicopter – development history, photos, technical data . 2014-07-31 . 2019-09-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190911175409/http://www.aviastar.org/helicopters_eng/zafar-300.php . live .
- Web site: Zafar-300 (Iran), Aircraft – Rotary Wing – Military . Jane’s . 2016-09-12 . https://archive.today/20130126212918/http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-All-the-Worlds-Aircraft/ZAFAR-300-Iran.html . 2013-01-26 . dead .