Industria Aeronautică Română

Infobox Company
company_type = Aeronautics
foundation = 1925
location_city = Braşov
company_name = IAR S.A. Braşov
location_country = Romania
homepage = http://www.iar.ro/

Industria Aeronautică Română (IAR) (now IAR S.A. Brasov) is a Romanian aerospace manufacturer founded in 1925. Based in Ghimbav, near Braşov, Romania, the company employs around 1200 specialists including more than 170 engineers. It carries out upgrades, revisions, and overhauls on helicopters and light aircraft.

History

In order to ensure that the Royal Romanian Air Force (the "'Aeronautica Regală Română", or "ARR") could continue to be supplied with aircraft in time of war, the government subsidized the creation of three major aircraft manufacturers in the 1920s and 1930s. The first was "Societatea pentru Exploatări Tehnice" ("SET") which was formed in Bucharest in 1923. Next came IAR, which set up shop in Braşov in 1925. Finally there was "Întreprinderea de Construcţii Aeronautice Româneşti" (ICAR), which was founded in Bucharest in 1932.

One of the engineers designing IAR aircraft in the early 1930s was Elie Carafoli.

During World War II the IAR 80 and IAR 81 fighter aircraft were designed and produced at IAR facilities.

Today IAR is the sole Romanian manufacturer of helicopters for both military and commercial customers Fact|date=May 2007. Since 1968, IAR has produced more than 370 helicopters (IAR 316 and IAR 330), 830 gliders, including motor gliders, and 140 aircraft.

Products

* IAR CV 11
* IAR 12
* IAR 14
* IAR 16
* IAR 37
* IAR 38
* IAR 39
* IAR 46
* IAR 79
* IAR 80
* IAR 81
* IAR 93 - Orao
* IAR 95
* IAR 99
* IAR 316
* IAR 317
* IAR 330
* IAR 330L Socat
* IAR 822
* IAR 823
* IAR 825
* IAR 831
* IAR IS-28 "Lark" glider
* IAR IS-29

References

External links

* [http://www.iar.ro/ IAR official site]