FAdeA tests first IA-58H Pucara with new engines

The first FAdeA IA-58H Pucara light strike aircraft equipped with new Pratt & Whitney Canada PT-6A-62 engines, after several delays, took its maiden flight on 24 November.
The aircraft selected (tail number AX-561) in June received a re-modelled set of wings from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to accommodate the replacement engines, and then went through several ground tests in preparation for the flight.
FAdeA initiated the Pucara's engine upgrade process in 2011, selecting the ubiquitous PT-6A-62 to replace the discontinued Turbomeca Astazou XVIG, which was proving difficult to maintain.
The project plans to upgrade as many as 20 frames from Argentine Air Force stocks, but currently only one set of re-modeled wings has been received from IAI and it is unclear if more will be forthcoming in the near term.
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Argentina begins P-3 Orion update

The Argentine Navy has begun a service-life extension programme for its four P-3B Orion maritime patrol fleet.
The first P-3B (serial 6-P-56) was delivered to Fábrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA) Brigadier San Martin on 27 April. The aircraft is to operate for another 15 years after its modernisation programme, the service said.
The programme includes a comprehensive structural revision and integration of new ISR sensors.
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Presentación del IA-63 Pampa III

 

 

 

Cockpit del Pampa III

Mock-Up (maqueta) del IA-73 / Unasur-1 presentada  en FAdeA.

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FAdeA to roll out new IA-63 Pampa III trainer variant

Fábrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA) is expected to roll out a new version of its IA-63 Pampa III jet trainer on 10 October.
FAdeA is expected to produce an initial batch of 18 of the new aircraft. The company hopes to build a total of 100 Pampa IIIs for Argentina and export customers. Some of those will be configured as an attack variant.
The Pampa III is designed to avoid the use of any British-built components and this has included replacing the type's Martin-Baker Mk10 ejection seat with a Russian model.
While UK companies are being excluded because of a political dispute over the ownership of the Falkland Islands, foreign companies such as Israel Aerospace Industries, Elta Systems, Rockwell Collins, Liebherr and Sagem are supplying components for the Pampa III.
The Pampa III is expected to make its first flight in December 2013.
The Pampa III is the third iteration of the venerable trainer that was originally designed with assistance from the now-defunct German airframer Dornier Flugzeugwerke. Eighteen examples of the original design were built for the Argentinian air force in the late 1980s, while a second batch of modernised Pampa IIs was built in 2006.
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Argentina's IA-63 Pampa III will have Russian ejection seat

The FAdeA president told reporters during a briefing at the Paris Air show Monday that the ban on the Martin-Baker ejection seat had been imposed by the government to “guarantee autonomy” of the new IA-63 Pampa III trainer/light attack aircraft.
Instead, the Argentine aircraft maker will turn to a Russian ejection-seat to supply the Pampa IIIs for the Argentine Air Force.
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El avión argentino IA-63 Pampa II realiza maniobras de tiro aire-tierra

El prototipo del avión de entrenamiento avanzado y ataque ligero IA-63 Pampa II (matrícula Ex-03), perteneciente al Centro de Ensayos en Vuelo (CEV), que cuenta con el nuevo motor Honeywell TFE-731-40-2N, realizó con éxito varios vuelos de maniobra de tiro modo aire/tierra, que incluyeron el uso de un pod que aloja un cañón de 30 mm y de un pod Colibrí con ametralladoras de 7,62 mm, según publica la revista Aeroespacio, órgano de prensa de la Fuerza Aérea Argentina (FAA).

De esta manera, esta versión más potente de la aeronave diseñada y producida en la Fábrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA), con asiento en la provincia de Córdoba, continúa desarrollando todas sus capacidades operativas con el objetivo de jerarquizar sus distintos desempeños de vuelo, tanto para aquellas misiones vinculadas con el entrenamiento avanzado de pilotos, como las relacionadas a operaciones de ataque.

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FAdeA entrega nuevo prototipo del avión de entrenamiento y ataque IA-63 Pampa II

La Fábrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA), ubicada en la provincia de Córdoba, entregó un nuevo prototipo del avión de entrenamiento avanzado y ataque ligero IA-63 Pampa II, a la IV Brigada Aérea de la Fuerza Aérea Argentina, con asiento en la provincia de Mendoza.

Según FAdeA, este prototipo, como las anteriores aeronaves Pampa remotorizadas, se entregó equipada con una nueva versión de motor Honeywell TFE 731-40-2N, con el que se consiguen mayores y mejores prestaciones.

Esta remotorización incluye modificaciones estructurales y un nuevo cableado eléctrico del motor, paneles de alarmas y paneles de control eléctrico. También se cambió el variometro ubicado en el tablero principal y se modificaron otros elementos relacionados con la indicación de motor.

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