HESA Kowsar
The HESA Kowsar (Persian: کوثر, also spelt Kosar) is an Iranian fighter jet based on the American Northrop F-5. The aircraft is equipped with new fourth generation avionics in combination with an advanced fire control system. According to the Iranian media, this fighter jet has "advanced avionics" and multipurpose radar, and it was "100-percent indigenously made". It also uses digital data networks, a glass cockpit, heads-up display (HUD), ballistic computers and smart mobile mapping systems.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company
- Category
- Fighters
- Country of origin
- Iran
- First flight
- 2018-08-01
Specifications
- Max speed
- 920 kt
- Range
- 590 nm
- Service ceiling
- 51,800 ft
- Rate of climb
- 204 ft/min
- Max takeoff weight
- 20,529 lb
- Empty weight
- 9,588 lb
- Powerplant
- 2 × Owj turbojet
- Engines
- 2
- Seats
- 2
- Length
- 47.4 ft
- Wingspan
- 26.9 ft
- Height
- 13.4 ft
- Number built
- 7
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.