Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industries Corporation

Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA), (Persian: شرکت صنایع هواپیماسازی ایران – هسا) 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. The company has thousands of square meters of available grounds, and 250,000 square metres of shops and hangars are allocated to A/C^{[clarification needed]} part manufacturing, assembling, laboratories, flight test facilities and shops of preparation for production.

Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company
شرکت صنایع هواپیماسازی ایران

Company type	Aerospace manufacturer Government-owned corporation
Industry	Aerospace
Founded	1977
Headquarters	Isfahan province, Iran
Key people	Gen. Hojjatulah Qureshi (Chairman)
Products	Commercial airliners, civil & military aircraft, civil aviation
Parent	Iran Aviation Industries Organization
Website	www.hesa.ir

The original factory, built by the US Textron company, 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 large that a new Textron division had to be founded to meet Iranian demands and handle the program with Delk M. Oden as president. The work ended due to the Iranian Revolution and subsequent sanctions against Iran.

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 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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.^{[citation needed]}
Qaher313
Yasin
Dorna/Tondar/Tazarve 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.^{[citation needed]}
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
IAIO Fotros
HESA Ababil