FAdeA
The Córdoba works that built Latin America’s first jet fighter spent 14 years as a Lockheed Martin subsidiary before Argentina took it back in 2009 and renamed it FAdeA.
FAdeA: the company and the aircraft that made its name
Taking the factory back
The Córdoba works that became FAdeA opened on 10 October 1927 as the Instituto Aerotécnico, founded under Francisco de Arteaga, and took the name Fábrica Militar de Aviones in 1943. In 1995 Argentina privatised it, handing it to Lockheed Martin Aircraft Argentina on a 25-year concession with two possible ten-year extensions. Fourteen years later the state changed its mind. In 2009 the factory was nationalised, Lockheed Martin received 67 million pesos in compensation, and the company re-emerged as Fábrica Argentina de Aviones “Brigadier San Martín”, FAdeA.
An inheritance of firsts
FAdeA inherited a remarkable lineage. The Córdoba plant built the Pulqui I of 1947, the first jet fighter in Latin America, and the swept-wing Pulqui II of 1950. It produced 217 IA-46 Ranquel utility aircraft, 35 IA-50 Guaraní II transports and 120 IA-58 Pucará counter-insurgency aircraft, a twin-turboprop attack aircraft. Its last major original design before privatisation was the IA-63 Pampa jet trainer, which first flew in 1984.
The Pampa III
Since 2009 FAdeA has concentrated on keeping that line alive. It revived the Pampa as the Pampa III, delivering six Block I aircraft by 2018, and flew the IA-100 trainer demonstrator in 2014. The company employed about 1,600 people in June 2014 and reports to the Ministry of Defence, which owns it outright. The Pampa III is a modernised version of the IA-63, which had first flown in 1984 and of which 32 were built in the original run. The IA-100 was a demonstrator for a new primary trainer.
FAdeA in numbers
Společnost
- Stručně řečeno
- Nationalised 2009
- Plant founded 1927 as Instituto Aerotécnico
- Lockheed Martin concession 1995–2009
- About 1,600 employees (2014)
Výroba
- Nejznámější pro
- IA-63 Pampa III
- Inherited Pulqui, Pucará and Pampa lineage
- Six Pampa III Block I delivered by 2018
- IA-100 trainer demonstrator, 2014
Dnes
- Teď
- State-owned
- Owned by the Argentine Ministry of Defence
- Based in Córdoba
Čísla
- Zaměstnanci
- about 1,6002014
- Compensation paid to Lockheed Martin
- 67 million Argentine pesos2009
- Pampa III Block I delivered
- 62018
Every notable FAdeA aircraft
| Letadlo | Role | První let | Postavený | Postavení | Poznámka |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FMA IA-58 Pucará | Counter-insurgency aircraft | 1967 | 120 | Built by the predecessor FMA; FAdeA supports the type | |
| FMA IA-63 Pampa | Pokročilý cvičný proudový letoun | 1984 | 32 | Original production run, pre-FAdeA | |
| FAdeA IA-63 Pampa III | Pokročilý cvičný proudový letoun | Ve výrobě | Six Block I aircraft delivered in 2018 | ||
| FAdeA IA-100 | Primary trainer demonstrator | 2014 | Demonstration prototype |
FAdeA aircraft in the world’s air forces
1 air forces in the Order of Battle fly or flew FAdeA types. 0 z nich stále má jeden v provozu.
| Letectvo | V provozu | Dříve létal |
|---|---|---|
| Argentinské letectvo | FAdeA IA-63 Pampa III |
Where FAdeA built, who led it, what it achieved
Továrny
- Córdoba works · Córdoba, Argentina — Aircraft factory since 1927
Lidé
- Francisco de Arteaga · founder of the original institute — Founder of the 1927 Instituto Aerotécnico
Rekordy a prvenství
- Pulqui I (1947), first jet fighter in Latin America, built at the Córdoba plant
- Pulqui II (1950), first swept-wing jet fighter designed in Latin America
FAdeA, year by year
Instituto Aerotécnico founded in Córdoba
Renamed Fábrica Militar de Aviones
Pulqui I flies, Latin America’s first jet fighter
IA-63 Pampa first flight
Privatised to Lockheed Martin Aircraft Argentina
Nationalised and renamed FAdeA
IA-100 trainer demonstrator flies
Six Pampa III Block I delivered
Everything people ask about FAdeA
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