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{{Short description|Iranian prototype stealth aircraft}}
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{{Use British English|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox aircraft
| name = Shafaq
| image = File:ShafaqFighter.png
| caption = 
| type = Trainer / Attack aircraft
| national_origin = [[Iran]]
| manufacturer = [[Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company]] (HESA)
| designer = [[Aviation University Complex]]
| first_flight = 2017 (forecast, but not achieved)
| introduction = 
| retired = 
| primary_user = Iran
| more_users = 
| number_built = One prototype
| status = Prototype
| developed_from = M-ATF
| variants = 
}}

The '''HESA Shafaq''' or '''Shafagh''' ({{langx|fa|هواپیمای شفق}}, "Twilight" or "Aurora") is an Iranian [[subsonic flight|subsonic]] [[stealth aircraft]] project being developed by the [[Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company]] (HESA).<ref name="Shafaq">{{cite news|publisher=globalsecurity|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iran/shafaq.htm|title=Shafaq}}</ref>

==Development==
According to reports, the Shafaq will be a subsonic aircraft, but this might be changed. Additionally, Iranian officials have reported that the Shafaq will have a skin of radar-absorbing material.<ref name="dawn">{{cite news|publisher=ainonline |url=http://www.ainonline.com/airshow-convention-news/dubai-air-show/single-publication-story/browse/0/article/iran-struggles-to-field-a-fighter/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Bmode%5D=1|title=Iran struggles to field a fighter|last= Johnson|first= Reuben|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226045858/http://www.ainonline.com/airshow-convention-news/dubai-air-show/single-publication-story/browse/0/article/iran-struggles-to-field-a-fighter/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Bmode%5D=1 |archive-date=February 26, 2008 }}</ref>

This two-seat [[training aircraft|advanced training]] and [[attack aircraft]] appears to be based<ref name="iranstealth">{{cite web|publisher=defenceaviation|url=http://www.defenceaviation.com/2007/09/iranian-stealth-plane.html|title=Shafaq- Iranian Stealth Plane|date=September 22, 2007|author=Larkins Dsouza|access-date=25 October 2011|archive-date=14 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214141922/http://www.defenceaviation.com/2007/09/iranian-stealth-plane.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> on the Russian-Iranian "Project Integral" and is fitted with Russian ejection seats. Reportedly, there are plans to produce three versions—a two-seat trainer/light strike version and two one-seat fighter-bomber versions.<ref name="Shafaq"/>

The Shafaq is designed by the Aviation University Complex (AUC), part of the [[Malek-Ashtar University of Technology]] (MUT). At the start of the program, Iran received help from Russia<ref name="iranstealth" /> and the aircraft was known as ''Integral''. Russia later backed away from this project for several reasons{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}} and Iran carried on the project by itself renaming it ''Shafaq''. The Shafaq is designed as a sub-sonic aircraft,<ref name="iranstealth" /> and made of radar-absorbing material. It has a large leading edge root extension ([[Leading edge extension|LERX]]) and a root aft of the wing which gives it an unusual circular sub-section.<ref name="Shafaq"/>

A 1/7 scale model of the Shafaq has already completed testing in the AUC's [[wind tunnel]] and pictures have already been revealed which show that a full-scale model has already been built.<ref name="iranstealth" /> The Shafaq will be built in different configurations including a two-seater trainer, a two-seater light Attack and a one-seater light attack variants. Roll-out of the first prototype was scheduled for 2008.<ref name="dawn"/> The Shafaq's advanced cockpit features color MFDs and a Russian-made K-36D ejection seat.

According to AIO (Aerospace Industries Organisation), the aircraft was expected to be flight tested during 2017, and featuring twin, outwardly canted vertical fins. This type of a tail design has become a favoured aerodynamic feature of Iranian designers that dates back to the development of the reverse-engineered Iranian version of the Northrop F-5, the [[HESA Saeqeh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/article/65725/iranian-shafaq-jet-trainer-nears-prototype-testing|title=Iranian Shafaq jet trainer nears prototype testing {{!}} IHS Jane's 360|website=www.janes.com|access-date=2017-03-15}}</ref>

==Specifications==

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==See also==
{{aircontent
|similar aircraft=
* [[IAIO Qaher-313]]
* [[Hongdu L-15]]
* [[Yakovlev Yak-130]]
|sequence=
|lists=
* [[List of fighter aircraft]]
|see also=
* [[Equipment of the Iranian Army]]
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Shafagh}}
* GlobalSecurity.org: [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iran/shafaq.htm '''Shafaq''' (''Before Dawn'')]
* ainonline.com: [http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/dubai-air-show/2006-12-06/iran-struggles-field-fighter Iran struggles to field a fighter] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904072128/http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/dubai-air-show/2006-12-06/iran-struggles-field-fighter |date=4 September 2014 }}
* aeronautics.ru: [http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/aeronews/conv/article_May_2001_27_106.htm aka "Vityaz-2000": a Russian based JSF]{{dead link|date=February 2013}}

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