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unusual facts about Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company


Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company

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.


Antonov An-140

Apart from the main production line in Kharkiv by KSAMC, the aircraft is being manufactured in Samara by Aviakor, and assembled under license by HESA in Shahin Shahr, Iran (as the IrAn-140 or Iran-140), from Complete knock-down kits manufactured in Ukraine.

The IrAn-140 is a license-built version of the An-140, assembled by HESA in Iran from complete knock-down kits supplied by Antonov.


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