Fábrica Argentina de Aviones

Formed on 10 October 1927 and on 18 July 1928 ends the construction and testing begins on the track the first domestically produced aircraft: the license built Avro 504 Gosport training aircraft equipped with a Gnome engine. It had a speed of 140 km/h with a flying endurance of 2 hours. A series of indigenous and foreign designs followed, mostly for military use. The factory is known for producing the first jet fighter aircraft in Latin America: the Pulqui I (1947) and the Pulqui II (1950) under the direction of engineers Emile Dewoitine (French) and Kurt Tank (German) respectively. In the 1960s, it produced the Guarani light transport and the Pucara COIN aircraft, followed by the Pampa jet trainer in the 1980s; the last two still in service with the Argentine Air Force as of early 2016. Privatization (1995) In 1995, FMA was privatized by the government of Carlos Menem and from that year until March 2009 it operated as a concession to LAASA (Lockheed Aircraft Argentina SA, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation). Under the terms of the privatization agreement LAASA would operate it for 25 years, which could be renewed for two 10 year periods. During this period the activity was mostly focused in maintenance and upgrades of existing aircraft in service with the Argentine Air Force. Nationalization (2010) During the government of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner the factory was nationalized in August 2009, with compensation of ARS $67 million paid. The text of the expropriation law provides that "the State cannot divest itself of majority shareholdings or the power to make decisions at the factory." It was renamed after Argentine Air Force Brigadier Juan Ignacio San Martín a military engineer who laid the foundations of the aeronautics industry at Córdoba when he directed the Instituto Aerotécnico, the forerunner of the FMA, in the 1940s. The United States Department of State announced that effective 18 December 2009, Lockheed Martin Aircraft Argentina would be renamed to Fábrica Argentina de Aviones "Brigadier San Martin" S.A. and divested to the Government of Argentina. ==Aircraft design and production==

Huanquero, utility aircraft designed in the early 1950s under construction, early 1960s The FMA has produced innovative aircraft prototypes, but the state of the Argentine economy has usually prevented most of them from entering large-scale production. Nevertheless the FMA has managed to put several aircraft types of more conventional designs into full productions. It also engaged in production of licensed aircraft from other countries. The prefixes used for the aircraft locally developed (and produced) are: • Ae, for "Dirección General de Aerotécnica", on the first period (1927–1936); • F.M.A., for "Fábrica Militar de Aviones", on the second period (1938–1943); • I.Ae., for "Instituto Aerotécnico", on the third period (1943–1952); • IA, for "Instituto Aerotécnico", on the current period (1952–present). List of aircraft manufactured, projected, or upgraded ==Gallery==

Local designs FMA Ae. C.1 Prototipo.jpg|Prototype AeC.1 (1931) FMA Ae. C.2 (Ae. M.E.1).jpg|AeC.2 (1932) Aet1-1.jpg|AeT.1 (1933) FMA Ae. M.Oe. 1.jpg|AeMOe.1 AMS 1.jpg|AeMS.1 prototype FMA 20 EL BOYERO.jpg|FMA 20 El Boyero (1940) FMA 21.jpg|Prototype FMA 21 trainer (1943) IAeDl22.jpg|I.Ae. 22 DL advanced trainer (1944) IA23.jpg|I.Ae. 23 trainer prototype, based on the FW-44J Stieglitz (1944) I.Ae. 24 Calquin.jpg|I.Ae. 24 Calquin attack aircraft, c.1950 IAe25.gif|Prototype I.Ae. 25 Mañque glider (1945) IAe30.jpg|I.Ae. 30 Ñancú (1948) IA31.jpg|IAe.31 Colibrí (1947) IA32.jpg|I.Ae.32 Chingolo (1949) Tecnopolis2012-003.JPG|I.Ae.33 Pulqui II prototype 5 (1959), preserved, Tecnópolis show, 2012 Ia34.jpg|I.Ae. 34 Clen Antú, tailless glider designed by Reimar Horten, late 1940s Ia 36.jpg|Model I.A. 36 Cóndor, airliner designed by Kurt Tank, early 1950s Ia 37 I.jpg|FMA I.Ae. 37 fighter prototype (1953) IA41.jpg|IAe.41 Urubú flying wing glider (1953) I.Ae. 45 Querandí.jpg|IA 45 Querandi light transport prototype (1957) Guarani i.jpg|IA 50 Guaraní I (1962) FMA Dinfia Guarani TX-01 LEB 19.06.65 edited-3.jpg|Prototype Guarani II, 1965 Paris Air Salon FMA-IA-53.jpg|IA 53 Mamboretá agricultural aircraft prototype (mid-1960s) FMA-IA.X59.jpg|IA-59, prototype Unmanned aerial vehicle, early 1970s FMA IA 63 Pampa 1991.jpg|FMA IA 63 Pampa, Paris Air Show, 1991 Embraer-FMA CBA-123 Vector (IA-70 Parana) (PT-ZVE).jpg|CBA 123 / IA 70 prototype, Farnborough 1990 Unasur I.jpg|FAdeA I.A. 73 Unasur I mock-up IA-100 despegando (cropped).jpg|FAdeA I.A. 100, August 2016 Manufactured under license Dewotine D.21 Argention.jpg|Dewotine D.21 FMA CURTISS HAWK 75-0.jpg|Curtiss Hawk 75O FMA FOCKE WULF FW 44-J STIEGLITZ.jpg|FW-44J Stieglitz Argentina Air Force Morane-Saulnier (FMA) MS-760 Paris Lofting-2.jpg|Morane-Saulnier MS-760 Paris, Mendoza, 2005 Engines Motor I.Ae. 16 El Gaucho y hélice I.Ae. 2M-B-30.jpg|I.Ae. R-16 El Gaucho Motor I.Ae. R-19 El Indio.jpg|I.Ae. R-19 El Indio ==See also==