A digital rendering of FAdeA's IA-100 trainer aircraft. (FAdeA)

Fabrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA) is preparing to build the first IA-100 basic trainer, the manufacturer's first new aircraft type in 40 years. The project had been on hold since the 2016 flight of a demonstrator.

Engineer Juan Vidal, head of the IA-100 programme, told Janes that of the IA-100's 2,300 anticipated parts, design has been completed on 1,800. Around 400 parts have been constructed for the prototype.

“We have all the tools to assemble minor surfaces, [the] rudder, horizontal stabilisers, flaps, and ailerons, and recently received the tools for the final assembly of a wing. We are waiting to receive the moulds for the other wing and fuselage, which will be the most complex components,” Vidal said.

Eighty-five percentage of the IA-100's parts are to be built of pre-impregnated carbon fibre, a technology FAdeA adopted to build components for the Embraer KC-390.

A digital rendering of FAdeA's IA-100 trainer aircraft. (FAdeA)

Fabrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA) is preparing to build the first IA-100 basic trainer, the manufacturer's first new aircraft type in 40 years. The project had been on hold since the 2016 flight of a demonstrator.

Engineer Juan Vidal, head of the IA-100 programme, told Janes that of the IA-100's 2,300 anticipated parts, design has been completed on 1,800. Around 400 parts have been constructed for the prototype.

“We have all the tools to assemble minor surfaces, [the] rudder, horizontal stabilisers, flaps, and ailerons, and recently received the tools for the final assembly of a wing. We are waiting to receive the moulds for the other wing and fuselage, which will be the most complex components,” Vidal said.

Eighty-five percentage of the IA-100's parts are to be built of pre-impregnated carbon fibre, a technology FAdeA adopted to build components for the Embraer KC-390.

A digital rendering of FAdeA's IA-100 trainer aircraft. (FAdeA)

Fabrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA) is preparing to build the first IA-100 basic trainer, the manufacturer's first new aircraft type in 40 years. The project had been on hold since the 2016 flight of a demonstrator.

Engineer Juan Vidal, head of the IA-100 programme, told Janes that of the IA-100's 2,300 anticipated parts, design has been completed on 1,800. Around 400 parts have been constructed for the prototype.

“We have all the tools to assemble minor surfaces, [the] rudder, horizontal stabilisers, flaps, and ailerons, and recently received the tools for the final assembly of a wing. We are waiting to receive the moulds for the other wing and fuselage, which will be the most complex components,” Vidal said.

Eighty-five percentage of the IA-100's parts are to be built of pre-impregnated carbon fibre, a technology FAdeA adopted to build components for the Embraer KC-390.

A digital rendering of FAdeA's IA-100 trainer aircraft. (FAdeA)

Fabrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA) is preparing to build the first IA-100 basic trainer, the manufacturer's first new aircraft type in 40 years. The project had been on hold since the 2016 flight of a demonstrator.

Engineer Juan Vidal, head of the IA-100 programme, told Janes that of the IA-100's 2,300 anticipated parts, design has been completed on 1,800. Around 400 parts have been constructed for the prototype.

“We have all the tools to assemble minor surfaces, [the] rudder, horizontal stabilisers, flaps, and ailerons, and recently received the tools for the final assembly of a wing. We are waiting to receive the moulds for the other wing and fuselage, which will be the most complex components,” Vidal said.

Eighty-five percentage of the IA-100's parts are to be built of pre-impregnated carbon fibre, a technology FAdeA adopted to build components for the Embraer KC-390.

A digital rendering of FAdeA's IA-100 trainer aircraft. (FAdeA)

Fabrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA) is preparing to build the first IA-100 basic trainer, the manufacturer's first new aircraft type in 40 years. The project had been on hold since the 2016 flight of a demonstrator.

Engineer Juan Vidal, head of the IA-100 programme, told Janes that of the IA-100's 2,300 anticipated parts, design has been completed on 1,800. Around 400 parts have been constructed for the prototype.

“We have all the tools to assemble minor surfaces, [the] rudder, horizontal stabilisers, flaps, and ailerons, and recently received the tools for the final assembly of a wing. We are waiting to receive the moulds for the other wing and fuselage, which will be the most complex components,” Vidal said.

Eighty-five percentage of the IA-100's parts are to be built of pre-impregnated carbon fibre, a technology FAdeA adopted to build components for the Embraer KC-390.

A digital rendering of FAdeA's IA-100 trainer aircraft. (FAdeA)

Fabrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA) is preparing to build the first IA-100 basic trainer, the manufacturer's first new aircraft type in 40 years. The project had been on hold since the 2016 flight of a demonstrator.

Engineer Juan Vidal, head of the IA-100 programme, told Janes that of the IA-100's 2,300 anticipated parts, design has been completed on 1,800. Around 400 parts have been constructed for the prototype.

“We have all the tools to assemble minor surfaces, [the] rudder, horizontal stabilisers, flaps, and ailerons, and recently received the tools for the final assembly of a wing. We are waiting to receive the moulds for the other wing and fuselage, which will be the most complex components,” Vidal said.

Eighty-five percentage of the IA-100's parts are to be built of pre-impregnated carbon fibre, a technology FAdeA adopted to build components for the Embraer KC-390.