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The Fábrica Argentina de Aviones SA (FAdeA), officially Fábrica Argentina de Aviones "Brigadier San Martín" S.A., is Argentina's main aircraft manufacturer
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 is now wholly owned by the Argentine government. Formed on October 10, 1927 and on July 18, 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.
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Formerly | Fábrica Militar de Aviones (1927–1943) Instituto Aerotécnico (1943–2009) |
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Type | Sociedad Anónima |
Industry | Aerospace, Defense |
Founded | 1927; 96 years ago |
Founder | Francisco de Arteaga |
Headquarters | Córdoba, Argentina |
Key people | Matías Julián Savoca (chairman) |
Products | Aircraft, aircraft components, aircraft maintenance and services |
Owner | Government of Argentina (2009–present) |
Number of employees | 1,600 (as of June 2014) |
Parent | Lockheed Martin (1995–2009) |
Website | fadeasa.com.ar |
FAdeA FMA Aviation.
FMA IA-33 Pulqui II
FMA IA-50 Guarani II
FMA IA-58 Pucara
FMA IA-63 Pampa
FAdeA FMA aircraft military sinds 2009.
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.
Fábrica Argentina de Aviones SA (FAdeA),
Nationalisation (2010)
During the government of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner the factory was nationalised in August 2009 after paying ARS $67 million. The text of the expropriation law provides that "the State shall not return to get rid of a majority stake in the power or decision-making factory." Its 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 December 18, 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.
FMA IA-33 Pulqui II / FMA IA-50 Guarani II / FMA IA-58 Pucara / FMA IA-63 Pampa
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