Tasnim The managing director of the Iran Aviation Industries Organization (AIO) said the country will export planes fully designed and manufactured inside the country in the near future. Brigadier General Abdolkarim Bnitarafi pointed to the 9th International Iran Air Show, which opened on Irans southern island of Kish on Monday, saying that the air ...

MNA Head of Iran Aviation Industries Organization Brigadier General Abdolkarim Banitorfi has said that recently unveiled domestically-made Kowsar fighter jet will join the Iranian air forces in the near future. Brigadier General Abdolkarim Banitorfi said that the recently-unveiled Kowsar fighter jet will soon join the Iran Army Air Force. Banitorfi ...

MNA IAIO Director Brig. Gen. Banitarafi said joint venture with the Russian has kicked off in design and export of certain UAVs. Director of Iran's Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO) Brigadier General Abdolkarim Banitarafi recalled that Russia had always sought to cooperate with Iran in the field of UAVs noting several joint projects have been ...

FNA- Chairman of the Iran Aviation Industry Organization Amir Karim Bani Tarafi announced that Tehran and Moscow are due to sign a contract for the joint designing and production of helicopters. "We are working with the Russians on joint designing and production of helicopters; we have not yet started the phase of implementation for the joint designing,...

Sputnik News- Iran has not yet decided to buy Russia's S-400 air defense systems, Iranian Deputy Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Abdolkarim Banitarafi said Thursday at the MAKS-2017 International Aviation and Space Salon. The MAKS is held in the town of Zhukovsky in the greater Moscow Region on July 18-23. "With regard to the equipment, we have bought ...

Sputnik News- Iran relies on Russia as a strategic partner in the field of defense, Irans Deputy Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Abdolkarim Banitarafi said Thursday during the International Aviation and Space Salon MAKS-2017. The two states have a number of projects in the sphere of helicopter industry cooperation. In late March, Russian Helicopters,...