Tehran has tested the "Simorg" transport aircraft, assembled at the Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA), the country's Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Support Mohammad Ashtiani said, Tasnim news agency reported. The "Simorg" plane will join the country's aircraft fleet," the agency quoted Ashtiani as saying. The head of the Ministry of Defense noted that the assembly of the second plane of this model is currently being carried out. According to him, the problem of creating "Simorg" was put before the Ministry of Defense by the currently deceased President Ebrahim Raisi. Ashtiani noted that part of the plane's parts are produced in Iran, Tehran cooperates with a number of foreign countries to provide the other part. According to IRNA agency, the "Simorg" tactical transport plane, which has a turboprop engine, can provide a speed of 530 kilometers per hour. , it is designed for transporting loads up to 6 tons.
Iran has tested a transport plane of its own production
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