Iran Successfully Tests 1st Radar-Evading Aircraft
News number: 881118183218:34 | 2010-02-07Defence
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has successfully tested the research model of its first
home-made radar-evading aircraft named 'Sofreh Mahi'(flatfish), a senior
Iranian army commander announced on Sunday.

"The research model of this plane which staged a successful flight passed
all radar-evading tests that we desired," Lieutenant Commander of the
Iranian Army Air Force General Aziz Nasirzadeh told FNA.

The General said that the flatfish-inspired shape of the aircraft as well as
the materials used in its structure have provided the aircraft with the
radar-evading capability.

He also announced that once the aircraft passes further tests and its
features and capabilities are completed, the Defense Ministry will start its
mass production.

Production of the actual size as well as mounting and testing weapons and a
number of systems on the aircraft are the next phases before we can start
its mass production, Nasirzadeh said.

Iran in June successfully tested a home-made radar-evading Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle (UAV) with bombing capabilities.

"This airplane is a model drone built on a one-seventh scale for the defense
ministry," Commander of the Iranian Army Air Force General Hassan Shah Safi
said, adding that the UAV bomber would be produced in virtual size and would
join the Iranian Air Force fleet in the near future.

He explained that the UAV has been designed and manufactured for
reconnaissance and bombing missions, considering its radar-evading
capability.