Aerfer was an Italian manufacturing company created in 1955 by the merger of IMAM

Imam

An imam is an Islamic leadership position, often the worship leader of a mosque and the Muslim community. Similar to spiritual leaders, the imam is the one who leads Islamic worship services. More often, the community turns to the mosque imam if they have a religious question...

 and Meridionali. The name is a contraction of Costruzioni Aer onautiche e Fer roviarie (Aeronautical and Railway Constructors).

In 1969 it combined with Salmoiraghi and the aviation division of Fiat

Fiat

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 to create Aeritalia

Aeritalia

Aeritalia was an aerospace engineering corporation based in Italy, originally Fiat Aviazione before merging with Aerfer, and now part of Alenia Aeronautica....

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The firm is remembered mostly in connection with the development of Italy's first supersonic jet, the Aerfer Sagittario 2

Aerfer Sagittario 2

|-References:* The Aeroplane, December 21, 1956, p. 924* Giuseppe Ciampaglia, Dal SAI Ambrosini Sagittario all'AERFER Leone, January 2004, IBN editore, with English translation by Stephen Richards-See also:...

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List of Aircraft

• SAI.7
  Ambrosini S.7
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   (1939) Single propeller engine single-seat racing aircraft
• SAI.7T
  Ambrosini S.7
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   (1943) Single propeller engine two-seat training aircraft
• S.7
  Ambrosini S.7
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   (1949) Single propeller engine two-seat touring aircraft
• Supersette
  Ambrosini S.7
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   (1951) Single propeller engine two-seat trainer/racing aircraft
• Sagittario
  Ambrosini Sagittario
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   (1953) Single jet engine adaptation of S.7 aircraft, with wooden wings and tail surfaces
• Aerfer Sagittario 2
  Aerfer Sagittario 2
  |-References:* The Aeroplane, December 21, 1956, p. 924* Giuseppe Ciampaglia, Dal SAI Ambrosini Sagittario all'AERFER Leone, January 2004, IBN editore, with English translation by Stephen Richards-See also:...
  
   (1956) All-metal development of Sagittario. Broke sound barrier.
• Aerfer Ariete
  Aerfer Ariete
  -See also:-References:* Swanborough, Gordon. Air Enthusiast, Volume One. London: Pilot Press, 1971. ISBN 0-385-08171-5....
  
   (1958) Development of Saggitario 2 with additional jet engine for climb and speed
• Aerfer Leone
  Aerfer Leone
  The Aerfer Leone was a fighter designed in Italy in the late 1950s. It was a final attempt to develop the Aerfer Sagittario 2 into a workable aircraft....
  
  (1959) Proposed development of Saggitario 2 with additional rocket engine for climb and speed. Not built