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 Fábrica Argentina de Aviones

Fábrica Argentina de Aviones "Brigadier San Martín" S.A.
Type - Sociedad Anónima
Industry - Aerospace, Defense
Founded - 1927; 95 years ago (2022)
Headquarters - Córdoba, Argentina
Key people - Matías Julián Savoca (chairman)
Products - Aircraft, aircraft components, aircraft maintenance and services
Number of employees - 1,600 (as of June 2014)
Website - fadeasa.com.ar

The Fábrica Argentina de Aviones SA (FAdeA), officially Fábrica Argentina de Aviones "Brigadier San Martín" S.A., is Argentina's main aircraft manufacturer. Founded on 10 October 1927 and located in Córdoba, for most of its existence it was known as Fábrica Militar de Aviones (FMA), until its privatization in the 1990s to Lockheed Martin. In 2009 the concession ended and the company is now wholly owned by the Argentine government.
History
Formed on 10 October 1927 and on 18 July 1928 ends the construction and testing begins on the track the first domestically produced aircraft: the license built Avro 504 Gosport training aircraft equipped with a 100 hp (75 kW) Gnome engine. It had a speed of 140 km/h with a flying endurance of 2 hours. A series of indigenous and foreign designs followed, mostly for military use.
The factory is known for producing the first jet fighter aircraft in Latin America: the Pulqui I (1947) and the Pulqui II (1950) under the direction of engineers Emile Dewoitine (French) and Kurt Tank (German) respectively.
In the 1960s produced the Guarani light transport and the Pucara COIN aircraft, followed by the Pampa jet trainer in the 1980s; the last two still in service with the Argentine Air Force as of early 2016.
Privatization (1995)
In 1995, FMA was privatized by the government of Carlos Menem and from that year until March 2009 it operated as a concession to LAASA (Lockheed Aircraft Argentina SA, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation). Under the terms of the privatization agreement LAASA would operate it for 25 years, which could be renewed for two 10 year periods.
During this period the activity was mostly focused in maintenance and upgrades of existing aircraft in service with the Argentine Air Force.
Nationalization (2010)
During the government of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner the factory was nationalized in August 2009 after paying ARS $67 million. The text of the expropriation law provides that "the State cannot divest itself of majority shareholdings or the power to make decisions at the factory."
It was renamed after Argentine Air Force Brigadier es:Juan Ignacio San Martín a military engineer who laid the foundations of the aeronautics industry at Córdoba when he directed the Instituto Aerotécnico, the forerunner of the FMA, in the 1940s.
The United States Department of State announced that effective 18 December 2009, Lockheed Martin Aircraft Argentina would be renamed to Fábrica Argentina de Aviones "Brigadier San Martin" S.A. and divested to the Government of Argentina.
Aircraft design and production
The FMA has produced innovative aircraft prototypes, but the state of the Argentine economy has usually prevented most of them from entering large-scale production. Nevertheless the FMA has managed to put several aircraft types of more conventional designs into full productions. It also engaged in production of licensed aircraft from other countries.
The prefixes used for the aircraft locally developed (and produced) are:
Ae, for "Dirección General de Aerotécnica", on the first period (1927–1936);
F.M.A., for "Fábrica Militar de Aviones", on the second period (1938–1943);
I.Ae., for "Instituto Aerotécnico", on the third period (1943–1952);
IA, meaning not specified, on the fourth (current) period (1952 to present).

List of aircraft manufactured, projected, or upgraded
Year - Model - Built - Obs
Started as Instituto Aerotécnico
1928 - Avro 504K "Gosport" - 31 - Biplane basic trainer, license-built. First aircraft produced by FMA
1930 - Dewoitine D.21 - 35 - Monoplane fighter, license-built
1931 - FMA AeC.1 - 1 - Civil tourism aircraft prototype (initial version); basic trainer (later version). First local design
1932 - FMA AeC.2 - 2 - Civil tourism aircraft
1932 - FMA AeME.1 - 7 - Basic military trainer
1933 - FMA AeT.1 - 3 - Transport/commercial aircraft
1934 - FMA AeMO.1 - 41 - Observation monoplane
1934 - FMA AeMOe.1 - 6 - Derivative of the AeMO.1, observation and training
1934 - FMA AeMOe.2 - 61 - Variant of the AeMOe.1, observation and training
1934 - FMA AeC.3 - 16 - Civil aircraft
1935 - FMA AeMB.1 - 1 - First bomber aircraft built by FMA
1935 - FMA AeMB.2 - 14 - First bomber aircraft built by FMA
1935 - FMA AeMS.1 - 1 - Ambulance aircraft
1936 - FMA AeC.3G - 1 - Tourism aircraft
1936 - FMA AeC.4 - 1 - Improved prototype version of the C.3G
Name changed to Fabrica Militar de Aviones
1940 - Curtiss Hawk 75O - 20 - License built version of the US monoplane fighter Curtiss Hawk 75
1940 - Focke-Wulf Fw 44J Stieglitz - 190 - License built version of the German biplane trainer
1940 - FMA I.Ae.20 El Boyero - 130 - Tourism aircraft, series built by "Industrias Petrolini"
1943 - FMA I.Ae.21 - 1 - Advanced trainer aircraft prototype, based on the North American NA-16-1P fuselage
1943 - FMA I.Ae.22 DL - 206 - Advanced trainer aircraft
1945 - FMA I.Ae.23 - 1 - Basic trainer prototype, based on the Focke-Wulf Fw44J
1945 - FMA I.Ae.25 Mañque - 1 - Assault/Transport glider
1946 - FMA I.Ae.24 Calquín - 100 - Attack/Light bomber
1947 - FMA I.Ae.27 Pulqui - 1 - Jet fighter prototype, first of its kind built in Latin America
1947 - FMA I.Ae.31 Colibrí - 3 - Two-seat Trainer aircraft
1948 - FMA I.Ae.30 Ñancú - 1 - Fighter/Attack prototype
1949 - FMA I.Ae.32 Chingolo - 1 - Tourism/Trainer aircraft
1949 - FMA I.Ae.34 Clen Antú - 3+1+3 - Glider, flying wing. Designed by Reimar Horten, also known as the Horten XVa and XVb
1950 - FMA I.Ae.33 Pulqui II - 5 - First swept-wing jet fighter designed in Latin America
1951 - FMA I.Ae.36 Cóndor - 0 - Civil passenger transport, designed by Kurt Tank. Project cancelled, no prototypes built
1953 - DINFIA IA35 Huanquero - 2+3+20+9(+1+1) - Transport aircraft; variants "Constancia" and "Pandora" executive aircraft
1953 - FMA I.Ae.41 Urubú - 4 - Flying-wing glider, designed by Reimar Horten, also known as the Horten XVc
1953 - FMA I.Ae.43 Pulqui III - 0 - Project, swept-wing supersonic jet fighter
1954 - FMA I.Ae.37 - 1 - Supersonic delta-wing interceptor, designed by Reimar Horten. Glider, unpowered prototype only
1960 - I.Ae. 38 Naranjero - 1 - Flying-wing transport/cargo, designed by Reimar Horten
mid-1950s - FMA I.Ae.39 - 0 - Transport, based on the I.Ae.35. Project only
1956 - FMA I.Ae.40 - 0 - Night fighter project
1953 - FMA IAe.44 DL.II - 0 - Advanced trainer, project
1959 - DINFIA IA 45 Querandí - 2 - Executive transport, prototypes only (NOTE: some sources mention "1957" and "1" built)
1957 - FMA I.Ae. 46 Ranquel - 101+116 - 2-seat utility aircraft. Second series, enhanced variant "Super Ranquel"
1960 - FMA I.Ae. 48 - Cancelled - Fighter aircraft
1960 - DINFIA IA 35 Guaraní I - 1 - Approximate date, transport derived from the I.Ae. 35 "Huanquero"
1963 - DINFIA IA 50 Guaraní II - 1+2+18+14 - Transport aircraft, derived from the IA 35 Guaraní I
Beechcraft T-34 Mentor - 75 - Trainer, licence built
1965 - IA 53 Mamboretá - 2 - Agricultural aircraft
1960 - Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris - 48 - Trainer, licence built
1967 - FMA IA 58 Pucará - 120 - Counter-insurgency/light attack aircraft
1972 - FMA IA-59 - 1 - UAV prototype
1975 - FMA IA 60 - 0 - Advanced trainer/light attack (project)
1978 - FMA IA 62 - 0 - Military trainer (project)
1980 - FMA IA 66 Pucará II - 1 - Single prototype; converted IA-58A powered by two 1,000-ehp (746-kW) Garrett TPE331-11-601W turboprop engines
1984 - FMA IA 63 Pampa - 20+12 - Advanced trainer. AT-63 currently under production
1985 - FMA IA 58C Pucará "Charlie" - 1 - Single seat with 30 mm DEFA cannon, air-to-surface missiles, better IR protection. Program cancelled after the prototype was homologated
(mid-1980s) - IA 67 Córdoba - 0 - Light transport (project)
(mid-1980s) - IA 68 ATL - 0 - Light transport (project); cancelled
(mid-1980s) - FMA SAIA 90 - 0 - Supersonic air superiority jet fighter project; cancelled
1990 - (IA 70)
Embraer/FMA CBA 123 Vector - 2 - Turboprop 19-passenger regional airliner, only prototypes built before being cancelled
Name changed to Lockheed Martin Aircraft Argentina SA
1999 - Lockheed Martin A-4AR Fightinghawk - 18 - Another 18 by Lockheed Martin in Pasadena, California, US
2003 - Beechcraft T-34 Mentor - - Refurbishment of Argentine and Bolivia Air Forces
2006 - Lockheed C-130 Hercules - - Refurbishment of Argentine Air Force and Colombian Air Force aircraft
Name changed to FAdeA S.A.
2009 - FMA IA 63 Pampa II-40 - - Changing power plant
2010 - FMA IA 58 Pucará - 1 - Changing power plant and avionics (cancelled)
2010 - FAdeA IA 73 - - Basic trainer to replace the T-34 (cancelled)
2014 - FAdeA IA 100 - 1 - Elemental trainer and a project to demonstrate the capabilities of the Argentine industry
2018 - IA 63 Pampa III Block I - 3+1+2 - Third evolution of the Pampa aircraft, with 3 more in order for 2019 for the Argentine Air Force

Gallery

Local designs
Prototype AeC.1 (1931)
AeC.2 (1932)
AeT.1 (1933)
AeMOe.1
AeMS.1 prototype
FMA 20 El Boyero (1940)
Prototype FMA 21 trainer (1943)
I.Ae. 22 DL advanced trainer (1944)
I.Ae. 23 trainer prototype, based on the FW-44J Stieglitz (1944)
I.Ae. 24 Calquin attack aircraft, c.1950
Prototype I.Ae. 25 Mañque glider (1945)
I.Ae. 30 Ñancú (1948)
IAe.31 Colibrí (1947)
I.Ae.32 Chingolo (1949)
I.Ae.33 Pulqui II prototype 5 (1959), preserved, Tecnópolis show, 2012
I.Ae. 34 Clen Antú, tailless glider designed by Reimar Horten, late 1940s
Model I.A. 36 Cóndor, airliner designed by Kurt Tank, early 1950s
FMA I.Ae. 37 fighter prototype (1953)
IAe.41 Urubú flying wing glider (1953)
IA 45 Querandi light transport prototype (1957)
IA 50 Guaraní I (1962)
Prototype Guarani II, 1965 Paris Air Salon
IA 53 Mamboretá agricultural aircraft prototype (mid-1960s)
IA-59, prototype Unmanned aerial vehicle, early 1970s
FMA IA 63 Pampa, Paris Air Show, 1991
CBA 123 / IA 70 prototype, Farnborough 1990
FAdeA I.A. 73 Unasur I mock-up
FAdeA I.A. 100, August 2016

Manufactured under license
Dewotine D.21
Curtiss Hawk 75O
FW-44J Stieglitz
Morane-Saulnier MS-760 Paris, Mendoza, 2005

Engines
I.Ae. R-16 El Gaucho
I.Ae. R-19 El Indio

FMA AeC.1
(Ae. C.1)

AeC.1
Role - Utility aircraft
Manufacturer - FMA
First flight - 28 October 1931

The FMA AeC.1 was a light utility aircraft built in Argentina in 1931; it was the first aircraft of domestic design to be produced by Fabrica Militar de Aviones (FMA). It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional configuration with fixed tailskid undercarriage. As originally designed, the fully enclosed cabin had three seats, but this was later reduced to two. The passenger seat could be readily removed to make way for a stretcher to facilitate its use as an air ambulance.

Specifications

General characteristics
Crew: One pilot
Capacity: 2 passengers
Length: 7.75 m (25 ft 5 in)
Wingspan: 12.00 m (39 ft 4 in)
Height: 3.16 m (10 ft 4 in)
Wing area: 16.9 m2 (182 sq ft)
Empty weight: 700 kg (1,540 lb)
Gross weight: 1,120 kg (2,470 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose , 112 kW (150 hp)
Performance
Maximum speed: 180 km/h (110 mph, 96 kn)
Range: 1,300 km (810 mi, 700 nmi)
Service ceiling: 4,300 m (14,100 ft)
Rate of climb: 3.3 m/s (660 ft/min)

FMA AeC.2
(Ae. C.2)

AeC.2 and derivatives
Role - Utility aircraft
Manufacturer - FMA
First flight - 18 April 1932
Number built - 71

The FMA AeC.2 was a light utility aircraft built in Argentina in the early 1930s, and also produced as a military trainer and observation aircraft under the designations AeME.1, AeMO.1, AeMOe.1 and AeMOe.2.
Development
The design was derived from the AeC.1, but instead of an enclosed cabin, featured two open cockpits in tandem. Only two of the civil AeC.2s were built, but these were followed by seven AeME.1 trainers. Six of the AeME.1s, plus one of the AeC.2s, participated in a long-distance publicity tour of Brazil as part of the "Sol de Mayo" squadron.
In 1934, a version with a revised empennage, the AeMO.1, was developed as an observation machine; 41 examples of which were delivered from July onwards. Some of these were armed with a trainable .303 Vickers machine gun in the observer's cockpit, and some with twin synchronised machine guns in the forward fuselage.
Six AeMOe.1s followed, for crew training in the Observation role, which were generally similar in design but featuring a NACA cowling for the engine, and then the definitive AeMOe.2 version appeared in 1937 with a further refined empennage, 61 examples of which were built.
Also based on the AeMOe.1, the sole AeMS.1 was an air ambulance version with an enclosed cabin that could carry four stretchers and an attendant.

Variants
AeC.2 (Civil) - civil version (2 built)
AeME.1 (Militar de Entrenamiento) - military trainer (7 built)
AeMO.1 (Militar de Observación) - military observation aircraft (41 built)
AeMOe.1 (Militar de Observación y Entrenamiento) - military observation and trainer aircraft (6 built)
AeMOe.2 - military observation and trainer aircraft (14 built)
AeMS.1 - (Militar Sanitario) - military air ambulance (1 built)

Specifications (AeME.1)

General characteristics
Crew: Two, pilot and instructor
Length: 7.90 m (25 ft 11 in)
Wingspan: 12.00 m (39 ft 4 in)
Height: 2.70 m (8 ft 10 in)
Wing area: 16.9 m2 (182 sq ft)
Empty weight: 650 kg (1,430 lb)
Gross weight: 1,130 kg (2,490 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Wright R-760 , 180 kW (240 hp)
Performance
Maximum speed: 220 km/h (140 mph, 120 kn)
Range: 1,500 km (930 mi, 810 nmi)
Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,400 ft)
Rate of climb: 4.2 m/s (820 ft/min)

FMA AeC.3
(Ae. C.3 / Ae. C.3G / Ae. C.4)

AeC.3 and AeC.4
Role - Utility aircraft
Manufacturer - FMA
First flight - 27 March 1934

The FMA AeC.3 was a light utility aircraft built in Argentina in 1934; a further development in the series of designs that had originated with the AeC.1 three years previously. Deliveries to Argentina's aeroclubs were made late in the year.
Development
Like its immediate predecessor, the AeC.2, the AeC.3 was an open-cockpit variant of the family, and was distinguished mainly in its use of an Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major engine.
On 21 January 1936, a refined version flew as the AeC.3G. The main innovation introduced on this aircraft was the use of flaps, the first Argentine aircraft to be so equipped. This aircraft first flew as an open-cockpit type, but later had a roof fitted to create an enclosed cabin.
A further development, the last in this family of aircraft, was the AeC.4 that flew on 17 October. This was essentially an AeC.3G with improved aerodynamics and only a single example was built.
Operational history
In 1935, Carola Lorenzini set a South American altitude record of 5,500 m (18,040 ft) in an AeC.3, and another aircraft of this type was flown by Santiago Germanó to win the aerobatics prize at the Resistencia air meet the same year. A final feat for the AeC.3 for 1935 was its use by Pedro B. Mórtola in a long-distance round-trip flight between Buenos Aires and Rio Gallegos, covering 5,200 km (3,200 mi) in 37 hours 20 minutes.
Variants
AeC.3 - version powered by Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major engine
AeC.3G - AeC.3 powered by de Havilland Gipsy Major engine, and fitted with flaps
AeC.4 - AeC.3G with improved aerodynamics

Specifications (AeC.3)

General characteristics
Crew: One pilot
Capacity: 1 passenger
Length: 8.20 m (26 ft 11 in)
Wingspan: 12.30 m (40 ft 4 in)
Height: 2.50 m (8 ft 2 in)
Wing area: 19.0 m2 (205 sq ft)
Empty weight: 670 kg (1,480 lb)
Gross weight: 964 kg (2,125 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major , 97 kW (130 hp)
Performance
Maximum speed: 170 km/h (105 mph, 91 kn)
Range: 700 km (430 mi, 370 nmi)
Service ceiling: 4,500 m (14,700 ft)
Rate of climb: 4.2 m/s (840 ft/min)

FMA AeMB.2
(Ae. M.B.1 Bombi)

AeMB.1 and AeMB.2 Bombi
Role - Bomber
Manufacturer - FMA
First flight - 9 October 1935
Introduction - 1936
Retired - 1945
Primary user - Argentine Air Force
Number built - 16

The FMA AeMB.2 Bombi was a bomber aircraft developed in Argentina in the mid-1930s. It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional configuration. It was fitted with fixed tailwheel undercarriage, the main units of which were covered by long, "trouser"-style fairings. The initial AeMB.1 configuration was fitted with a dorsal machine gun turret, later removed from the AeMB.2 to improve stability. Fifteen production examples saw service with the Argentine Air Force between 1936 and 1945. Two were lost to air accidents.
Variants
AeMB.1 - initial design with dorsal gun turret
AeMB.2 - improved design, turret removed to improve stability

Specifications (AeMB.2)

General characteristics
Crew: Three
Length: 10.90 m (35 ft 9 in)
Wingspan: 17.20 m (56 ft 5 in)
Height: 2.80 m (9 ft 2 in)
Wing area: 25.0 m2 (269 sq ft)
Empty weight: 2,120 kg (4,670 lb)
Gross weight: 3,500 kg (7,710 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Wright R-1820-F3 , 533 kW (715 hp)
Performance
Maximum speed: 285 km/h (177 mph, 154 kn)
Range: 600 km (370 mi, 320 nmi)
Service ceiling: 6,000 m (19,685 ft)
Rate of climb: 5.5 m/s (1,100 ft/min)
Armament
1 fixed forward-firing 11.25 mm Madsen gun in forward fuselage
1 trainable, rearward-firing 0.45 machine gun in ventral position
400 kg (880 lb) of bombs

FMA AeT.1
(Ae. T.1)

AeT.1
Role - Airliner
Manufacturer - FMA
First flight - 15 April 1933
Primary user - Aero-Argentina
Number built - 3

The FMA AeT.1 was an airliner built in Argentina in the early 1930s.
Design and development
The AeT.1 was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional design, with fixed tailwheel undercarriage. Only three examples were built, christened General San Martín, Deán Funes, and Jorge Newbery. These aircraft provided Argentina's first scheduled airline services with Aero-Argentina, flying between Córdoba and Buenos Aires.
The Deán Funes was also used to make a long-distance flight to Ushuaia, bringing the first mail to that town after a flight of 6,500 km (4,000 mi). Air France director Colin Jeannel flew as a passenger on that flight.

Specifications

General characteristics
Crew: Three - two pilots and radio operator
Capacity: 5 passengers
Length: 9.70 m (31 ft 10 in)
Wingspan: 17.30 m (56 ft 9 in)
Height: 4.36 m (14 ft 4 in)
Wing area: 37.0 m2 (398 sq ft)
Empty weight: 1,750 kg (3,860 lb)
Gross weight: 2,810 kg (6,190 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Lorraine-Dietrich 12Eb , 340 kW (450 hp)
Performance
Maximum speed: 225 km/h (139 mph, 121 kn)
Range: 1,170 km (730 mi, 630 nmi)
Service ceiling: 6,000 m (19,700 ft)

Fábrica Militar de Aviones (FMA) / Fábrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA) aircraft

Dirección General de Aerotécnica (Ae) 1927-1936
C.1 / C.2 / C.3 / C.4 / MB.1 / MB.2 / ME.1 / MO.1 / MOe.1 / MOe.2 / MS.1 / T.1

Fábrica Militar de Aviones (FMA) 1938-1943
FMA 20 / FMA 21

Instituto Aerotécnico (I.Ae) 1943-1952
I.Ae 22 / I.Ae 23 / I.Ae 24 / I.Ae 25 / I.Ae 27 / I.Ae 28 / I.Ae 30 / I.Ae 31 / I.Ae 32 / I.Ae 33 / I.Ae 34 / I.Ae 35 / I.Ae 36 / I.Ae 37 / I.Ae 38 / I.Ae 39 / I.Ae 40

Instituto Aerotécnico (IA) 1952-present
IA 41 / IA 43 / IA 44 / IA 45 / IA 46 / IA 47 / I.Ae. 48 / IA 49 / IA 50 / IA 51 / IA 52 / IA 53 / IA 54 / IA 55 / IA 56 / IA 58 / IA 59 / IA 60 / IA 62 / IA 63 / IA 66 / IA 67 / IA 68 / IA 70 / IA 73 / IA 100