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The Fábrica Argentina de Aviones or FAdeA SA officially Fábrica Argentina de Aviones "Brigadier San Martín" S.A., is Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

's main aircraft manufacturer. Founded on 10 October 1927 and located in Córdoba

Córdoba, Argentina

Córdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province. Córdoba is the second-largest city in Argentina after the federal capital Buenos Aires, with...

, for most of its existence it was known as Fábrica Militar de Aviones (hence the acronym FMA), until its privatisation in the 1990s. On 2010 the concession ended and is now wholly owned by the Argentine government.

History

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 Gnome engine. It had a speed of 140 km/h with a flying endurance of 2hours.

The factory is known for producing the first fighter aircraft in Latin America: the Pulqui I (1947) and the Pulqui II (1950) under the direction of engineers Emile Dewoitine

Émile Dewoitine

Émile Dewoitine was a French aviation industrialist.- Prewar industrial activities :Born in Crépy-en-Laonnois, Émile Dewoitine entered the aviation industry by working at Latécoère during Word War I...

(French) and Kurt Tank

Kurt Tank

Kurt Waldemar Tank was a German aeronautical engineer and test pilot, heading the design department at Focke-Wulf from 1931-45. He designed several important aircraft of World War II, including the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft.-Early life:Tank was born in Bromberg , Province of Posen...

(German) respectively.

FMA was closed in 1995 and was privatized by the government of Carlos Menem

Carlos Menem

Carlos Saúl Menem is an Argentine politician who was President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. He is currently an Argentine National Senator for La Rioja Province.-Early life:...

and from 1995 until March 2009 it belonged concession to LMAASA (Lockheed Martin Aircraft Argentina SA, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation). Under the terms of the privatization agreement LMAASA would operate it for 25 years and could be renewed for two 10 year periods.

During the government of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner , commonly known as Cristina Fernández or Cristina Kirchner is the 55th and current President of Argentina and the widow of former President Néstor Kirchner. She is Argentina's first elected female president, and the second female president ever to serve...

the factory was nationalised

Nationalization

Nationalisation, also spelled nationalization, is the process of taking an industry or assets into government ownership by a national government or state. Nationalization usually refers to private assets, but may also mean assets owned by lower levels of government, such as municipalities, being...

in August 2009 after paying ARS $

Argentine peso

The peso is the currency of Argentina, identified by the symbol $ preceding the amount in the same way as many countries using dollar currencies. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. Its ISO 4217 code is 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

United States Department of State

The United States Department of State , is the United States federal executive department responsible for international relations of the United States, equivalent to the foreign ministries of other countries...

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.

Aircraft Production

The FMA has produced numerous 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).

Aircraft and projects

Avro 504

The Avro 504 was a World War I biplane aircraft made by the Avro aircraft company and under licence by others. Production during the War totalled 8,970 and continued for almost 20 years, making it the most-produced aircraft of any kind that served in World War I, in any military capacity, during...

|31
|Biplane basic trainer, license-built. First aircraft produced by FMA.
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|1930
|Dewoitine D.21
|35
|Biplane fighter, license-built.
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|1931
|Ae.C.1
|1
|Civil tourism aircraft prototype

Prototype

A prototype is an early sample or model built to test a concept or process or to act as a thing to be replicated or learned from.The word prototype derives from the Greek πρωτότυπον , "primitive form", neutral of πρωτότυπος , "original, primitive", from πρῶτος , "first" and τύπος ,...

(initial version); basic trainer (later version). First national design.
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|1932
|Ae C2 / Ae.M.E.1
|2
|Civil tourism aircraft (C2); basic military trainer (M.E.1)
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|1933
|Ae.T.1
|3
|Transport/commercial aircraft
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|1934
|Ae.M.O.1
|41
|Observation monoplane
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|1934
|Ae.M.Oe.1 / Ae.M.Oe.2
|6+14
|Variant of the Ae.M.O.1, observation and training
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|1934
|Ae.C.3
|16
|Civil aircraft.
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|1935
|Ae.M.B.1 / Ae.M.B.2 Bombi
|1+14
|First bomber aircraft built by FMA
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|1935
|Ae. M.S.1
|1
|Sanitary aircraft
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|1936
|Ae.C.3G
|1
|Tourism aircraft.
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|1936
|Ae.C. 4
|1
|Improved prototype version of the C.3G
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! colspan=4 style="text-align: center; background: #C4CCFC;"|Name changed to Fabrica Militar de Aviones
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|1940
|Curtiss "Hawk" 75O
|20
|License built version of the US monoplane fighter Curtiss Hawk 75
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|1940
|Focke-Wulf Fw-44J "Stieglitz"

Focke-Wulf Fw 44

-External links:* * * * * * *...

|190
|License built version of the German biplane trainer Focke-Wulf Fw 44
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|1940
|FMA 20 El Boyero (I.Ae. 20)
|130
|Tourism aircraft, series built by "Industrias Petrolini"
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|1943
|F.M.A. 21
|1
|Advanced trainer aircraft prototype, based on the North American NA-16-1P fuselage.
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|1943
|I.Ae. 22 "DL"
|206
|Advanced trainer aircraft
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|1945
|I.Ae. 23
|1
|Basic trainer prototype, based on the Focke-Wulf Fw44J
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|1945
|I.Ae. 25 Mañque

I.Ae. 25 Mañque

|-See also:-References:* Article on the 50th anniversary of the "Fabrica Militar de Aviones" listing all the aircraft developed and manufactured there since 1927, Aerospacio, Buenos Aires, 1977. * -External links:*...

|1
|Assault/Transport glider.
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|1946
|I.Ae. 24 Calquín

I.Ae. 24 Calquin

-References:NotesBibliography* Baldini, Atilio and Bontti, Sergio. I.Aé.- 24 CALQUIN . Buenos Aires: Jorge Nunez Padin, 2007. ISBN 978-987-20557-1-4.* Burzaco, Ricardo. "I.Ae. 24 Calquin." Aeroespacio, Nro. 52, November - December 1997....

|100
|Attack/Light bomber
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|1947
|I.Ae. 27 Pulqui I
|1
|Jet fighter prototype, first of its kind built in Latin America.
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|1947
|I.Ae. 31 Colibrí
|3
|Two-seat Trainer aircraft
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|1948
|I.Ae. 30 Ñancú

I.Ae. 30 Ñancú

-See also:-References:NotesBibliography* Aero Fan n. 61 , April- June 1997.* aeroespacio.com, Buenos Aires: Aerospacio, 2002....

|1
|Fighter/Attack prototype
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|1949
|I.Ae. 32 Chingolo
|1
|Tourism/Trainer aircraft
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|1949
|I.Ae. 34 Clen Antú

I.Ae. 34

|-See also:...

|3+1+3
|Glider, flying wing. Designed by Reimar Horten

Horten brothers

Walter Horten and Reimar Horten , sometimes credited as the Horten Brothers, were German aircraft pilots and enthusiasts, and members of the Hitler Youth and Nazi party...

, also known as the Horten XVa and XVb
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|1950
|I.Ae. 33 Pulqui II

FMA IAe 33 Pulqui II

The FMA IAe 33 Pulqui II was a jet fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank in the late 1940s in Argentina, under the Perón government, and built by the Fábrica Militar de Aviones...

|5
|First swept-wing jet fighter designed in Latin America
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|1953
|I.Ae. 35 Huanquero

DINFIA IA 35

|-See also:-References:* The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft , 1985, Orbis Publishing...

|2+3+20+9(+1+1)
|Transport aircraft; variants "Constancia" and "Pandora" executive aircraft.
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|1953
|I.Ae. 41 Urubú

I.Ae. 41 Urubú

-References:* Burzaco, Ricardo. "Las Alas de Perón, Aeronáutica Argentina 1945/1960", 1995, Editorial Da Vinci. ISBN 987-95666-External links:* -See also:...

|4
|Flying-wing glider, designed by Reimar Horten

Horten brothers

Walter Horten and Reimar Horten , sometimes credited as the Horten Brothers, were German aircraft pilots and enthusiasts, and members of the Hitler Youth and Nazi party...

, also known as the Horten XVc.
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|1953
|I.Ae. 43 Pulqui III
|0
|Project, swept-wing supersonic jet fighter
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|I.Ae. 36 "Cóndor"
|0
|Project unbuilt, civil transport
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|1954
|I.Ae. 37
|1
|Supersonic delta-wing interceptor, designed by Reimar Horten

Horten brothers

Walter Horten and Reimar Horten , sometimes credited as the Horten Brothers, were German aircraft pilots and enthusiasts, and members of the Hitler Youth and Nazi party...

. Glider, unpowered prototype only.
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|1960
|I.Ae. 38 Naranjero

DINFIA IA 38

|-References:* The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft , 1985, Orbis Publishing-See also:...

|1
|Flying-wing transport/cargo, designed by Reimar Horten

Horten brothers

Walter Horten and Reimar Horten , sometimes credited as the Horten Brothers, were German aircraft pilots and enthusiasts, and members of the Hitler Youth and Nazi party...

.
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|1953
|I.Ae. 44 "DL" II
|0
|Advanced trainer (project, unbuilt)
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|1959
|I.Ae. 45 Querandí

DINFIA IA 45

|-References:* The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft , 1985, Orbis Publishing* Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1961.-See also:...

|2
|Executive transport, prototypes only (NOTE: some sources mention "1957" and "1" built)
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|1957
|I.Ae. 46 Ranquel
|101+116
|2-seat utility aircraft. Second series, enhanced variant "Super Ranquel".
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|1960
|IA 35 Guaraní I
|1
|Approximate date, transport derived from the I.Ae. 35 "Huanquero"
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|1963
|FMA IA 50 Guaraní II

FMA IA 50 Guaraní II

-References:* - listing all the aircraft developed and manufactured there since 1927, Aerospacio, Buenos Aires, 1977. -External links:...

|1+2+18+14
|Transport aircraft, derived from the IA 35 Guaraní I
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|Beechcraft T-34 Mentor

T-34 Mentor

The Beechcraft T-34 Mentor is a propeller-driven, single-engined, military trainer aircraft derived from the Beechcraft Model 35 Bonanza. The earlier versions of the T-34, dating from around the late 1940s to the 1950s, were piston-engined. These were eventually succeeded by the upgraded T-34C...

|75
|Trainer, licence built
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|1960
|Morane-Saulnier MS-760 Paris
|48
|Trainer, licence built
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|1975
|FMA IA 58 Pucará

FMA IA 58 Pucará

The FMA IA 58 Pucará is an Argentine ground-attack and counter-insurgency aircraft. It is a low-wing two-turboprop-engined all-metal monoplane with retractable landing gear, manufactured by the Fábrica Militar de Aviones.-Development:...

|120
|Counter-insurgency/light attack aircraft
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|1978
|FMA IA 62

FMA IA 62

The FMA IA.62 was a military trainer aircraft under development in Argentina in the late 1970s. It was developed in response to an Argentine Air Force request for a replacement for its Beech B-45 trainers then in service. The new aircraft was to combine its main role as a primary trainer with...

|0
| military trainer aircraft. unbuilt
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|1983
|FMA IA 66 Pucará II
|1
|After the 'Malvinas/Falkland' war a revised version of Pucara was designed. It used a IA-58 as base with more powerful engines, single seat design, and better IR protection. The program was cancelled after the prototype was homologated.
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|1984
|FMA IA 63 Pampa

FMA IA 63 Pampa

|-See also:-References:*Flores, Jackson, . "The Pampa...A Tutor with a Teutonic Flavour". Air International, February 1987, Vol 32 No. 2. Bromley, UK:Fine Scroll. ISSN 0306-5634. pp. 59—66, 90....

|20+12
|Advanced trainer. AT-63 currently under production
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|1990
|(IA 70)
Embraer/FMA CBA 123 Vector

Embraer/FMA CBA 123 Vector

-References:* Lambert, Mark . Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1993-94. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Data Division, 1993. ISBN 0-7106-1066-1.* "South American Vector". Air International, September 1990, Vol 39 No. 5. pp. 122–128.-External links:*...

|2
|Turboprop 19-passenger regional airliner, only protptypes built before being cancelled
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|IA 67 Córdoba
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|Light attack bomber project, unbuilt (mid-1980s)
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|FMA SAIA 90

FMA SAIA 90

The FMA SAIA 90 was an air superiority aircraft designed by the FMA with the collaboration of Dornier in the mid-1980s...

A-4AR Fightinghawk

The Lockheed Martin A-4AR Fightinghawk is a major upgrade of the McDonnell Douglas A-4M Skyhawk attack aircraft developed for the Argentine Air Force which entered service in 1998...

|18
|other 18 by Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin is an American global aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technology company with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, in the Washington Metropolitan Area....

in Pasadena, California

Pasadena, California

Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...

.
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|2003
|T-34 Mentor

T-34 Mentor

|
|Refurbished of Argentine

Argentine Air Force

The Argentine Air Force is the national aviation branch of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic. , it had 14,606 military and 6,854 civilian staff.-History:...

and Bolivia

Military of Bolivia

- Army :The Bolivian Army has around 55,500 men. There are six military regions in the army. The Army is organized into ten divisions...

Air Forces
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|2006
|C-130 Hercules

C-130 Hercules

The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built originally by Lockheed, now Lockheed Martin. Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medical evacuation, and cargo transport...

|
|Refurbished of Argentine

Argentine Air Force

The Argentine Air Force is the national aviation branch of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic. , it had 14,606 military and 6,854 civilian staff.-History:...

and Colombian

Colombian Air Force

The Colombian Air Force or FAC is the Air Force of the Republic of Colombia.The Colombian Air Force is one of the three institutions of the Armed Forces of Colombia, charge according to the 1991 Constitution of the work to exercise and maintain control of Colombia's airspace to defend the...

FMA IA 63 Pampa

|-See also:-References:*Flores, Jackson, . "The Pampa...A Tutor with a Teutonic Flavour". Air International, February 1987, Vol 32 No. 2. Bromley, UK:Fine Scroll. ISSN 0306-5634. pp. 59—66, 90....

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|Changing power plant
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|2010
|FMA IA 58 Pucará

FMA IA 58 Pucará

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|Changing power plant and avionics
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|2013
|IA 73
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|basic trainer to replace T-34
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