this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message coordinates 31 26 35.6 s 64 16 20.9 w 31.443222 s 64.272472 w 31.443222 ; 64.272472 f brica argentina de aviones brigadier san mart n s.a. type sociedad an nima industry aerospace defense founded 1927 headquarters c rdoba argentina key people mat as juli n savoca chairman 1 products aircraft aircraft components aircraft maintenance and services number of employees 1 600 as of june 2014 website www.fadeasa.com.ar the f brica argentina de aviones sa fadea officially f brica argentina de aviones brigadier san mart n s.a. is argentina s main aircraft manufacturer . founded on 10 october 1927 and located in c rdoba for most of its existence it was known as f brica militar de aviones fma until its privatization in the 1990s to lockheed martin . in 2010 the concession ended and is now wholly owned by the argentine government . contents 1 history 1.1 privatization 1995 1.2 nationalization 2010 2 aircraft design and production 2.1 list of aircraft manufactured or projected 3 gallery 3.1 local designs 3.2 manufactured under license 3.3 engines 4 see also 5 references 5.1 notes 5.2 bibliography 6 further reading 7 external links history edit this section needs expansion . you can help by adding to it . april 2014 late 1940s view of the fma iae hangar 90 production line i.ae .22 dl back and i.ae .24 calqu n front 1930s view of the fma workshop 1960s view of the production line morane saulnier 760 formed on october 10 1927 and on july 18 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 100 hp 75 kw 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 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 edit in 1995 fma was privatized by the government of carlos menem and from that year until march 2009 it operated as a concession to lmaasa lockheed martin aircraft argentina sa a subsidiary of lockheed martin corporation . under the terms of the privatization agreement lmaasa 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 edit during the government of cristina fern ndez de kirchner the factory was nationalized in august 2009 after paying ars 67 million . the text of the expropriation law provides that the state shall not return to get rid of a majority stake in the power or decision making factory . 2 3 it was renamed after argentine air force brigadier es juan ignacio san mart n a military engineer who laid the foundations of the aeronautics industry at c rdoba when he directed the instituto aerot cnico the forerunner of the fma in the 1940s . the united states department of state announced that effective december 18 2009 lockheed martin aircraft argentina would be renamed to f brica argentina de aviones brigadier san martin s.a. and divested to the government of argentina . 4 aircraft design and production edit aemb .2 bombi bombers in flight pulqui i prototype in flight c. 1951 i.ae . 33 pulqui ii dinfia ia 35 huanquero utility aircraft designed in the early 1950s prototype ia 38 naranjero under construction early 1960s ia 46 super ranquel at san justo airfield buenos aires april 1975 i.a. 50 guarani ii i.a. 58 pucar i.a. 63 pampa ii the fma has produced numerous 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 direcci n general de aerot cnica on the first period 1927 1936 ; f.m.a. for f brica militar de aviones on the second period 1938 1943 ; i.ae . for instituto aerot cnico on the third period 1943 1952 ; ia meaning not specified on the fourth current period 1952 to present . list of aircraft manufactured or projected edit year model built obs started as instituto aerot cnico 1928 avro 504k gosport 31 biplane basic trainer license built . first aircraft produced by fma . 1930 dewoitine d. 21 35 monoplane fighter license built . 1931 fma aec .1 1 civil tourism aircraft prototype initial version ; basic trainer later version . first local design . 1932 fma aec .2 2 civil tourism aircraft 1932 fma aeme .1 7 basic military trainer 1933 fma aet .1 3 transport commercial aircraft 1934 fma aemo .1 41 observation monoplane 1934 fma aemoe .1 6 derivative of the aemo .1 observation and training 1934 fma aemoe .2 61 variant of the aemoe .1 observation and training 1934 fma aec .3 16 civil aircraft . 1935 fma aemb .1 1 first bomber aircraft built by fma 1935 fma aemb .2 14 first bomber aircraft built by fma 1935 fma aems .1 1 ambulance aircraft 1936 fma aec .3 g 1 tourism aircraft . 1936 fma aec .4 1 improved prototype version of the c. 3g name changed to fabrica militar de aviones 1940 curtiss hawk 75o 20 license built version of the us monoplane fighter curtiss hawk 75 5 1940 focke wulf fw 44j stieglitz 190 license built version of the german biplane trainer 1940 fma i.ae .20 el boyero 130 tourism aircraft series built by industrias petrolini 1943 fma i.ae .21 1 advanced trainer aircraft prototype based on the north american na 16 1p fuselage . 1943 fma i.ae .22 dl 206 advanced trainer aircraft 1945 fma i.ae .23 1 basic trainer prototype based on the focke wulf fw44j 1945 fma i.ae .25 ma que 1 assault transport glider . 1946 fma i.ae .24 calqu n 100 attack light bomber 1947 fma i.ae .27 pulqui 1 jet fighter prototype first of its kind built in latin america . 1947 fma i.ae .31 colibr 3 two seat trainer aircraft 1948 fma i.ae .30 anc 1 fighter attack prototype 1949 fma i.ae .32 chingolo 1 tourism trainer aircraft 1949 fma i.ae .34 clen ant 3 1 3 glider flying wing . designed by reimar horten also known as the horten xva and xvb 1950 fma i.ae .33 pulqui ii 5 first swept wing jet fighter designed in latin america 1953 dinfia ia35 huanquero 2 3 20 9 1 1 transport aircraft ; variants constancia and pandora executive aircraft . 1953 fma i.ae .41 urub 4 flying wing glider designed by reimar horten also known as the horten xvc . 1953 fma i.ae .43 pulqui iii 0 project swept wing supersonic jet fighter fma i.ae .36 c ndor 0 civil passenger transport designed by kurt tank . project cancelled no prototypes built . 1954 fma i.ae .37 1 supersonic delta wing interceptor designed by reimar horten . glider unpowered prototype only . 1960 i.ae . 38 naranjero 1 flying wing transport cargo designed by reimar horten . mid 1950s fma i.ae .39 0 transport based on the i.ae .35 . project only . 1956 fma i.ae .40 0 night fighter project . 1953 fma iae .44 dl.ii 0 advanced trainer project none built 1959 dinfia ia 45 querand 2 executive transport prototypes only note some sources mention 1957 and 1 built 1957 fma i.ae . 46 ranquel 101 116 2 seat utility aircraft . second series enhanced variant super ranquel . 1960 fma i.ae . 48 cancelled fighter aircraft 1960 dinfia ia 35 guaran i 1 approximate date transport derived from the i.ae . 35 huanquero 1963 dinfia ia 50 guaran ii 1 2 18 14 transport aircraft derived from the ia 35 guaran i beechcraft t 34 mentor 75 trainer licence built 1965 ia 53 mamboret 2 agricultural aircraft 1960 morane saulnier ms. 760 paris 48 trainer licence built 1967 fma ia 58 pucar 120 counter insurgency light attack aircraft 1972 fma ia 59 1 uav prototype 1975 fma ia 60 0 advanced trainer light attack project 6 1978 fma ia 62 0 military trainer project 1980 fma ia 66 pucar ii 1 single prototype ; converted ia 58a powered by two 1 000 ehp 746 kw garrett tpe331 11 601w turboprop engines . 1984 fma ia 63 pampa 20 12 advanced trainer . at 63 currently when under production . 1985 fma ia 58c pucar charlie 1 after the malvinas falkland war a revised version of pucara was designed a single seat design with 30 mm defa cannon air to surface missiles and better ir protection . the program was cancelled after the prototype was homologated . mid 1980s ia 67 c rdoba 0 light transport project 7 mid 1980s ia 68 atl 0 light transport project ; cancelled citation needed mid 1980s fma saia 90 0 supersonic air superiority jet fighter project ; cancelled 1990 ia 70 embraer fma cba 123 vector 2 turboprop 19 passenger regional airliner only prototypes built before being cancelled 8 name changed to lockheed martin aircraft argentina sa 1999 lockheed martin a 4ar fightinghawk 18 other 18 by lockheed martin in pasadena california . 2003 beechcraft t 34 mentor refurbishment of argentine and bolivia air forces 2006 lockheed c 130 hercules refurbishment of argentine air force and colombian air force aircraft . name changed to fadea s.a. 2009 fma ia 63 pampa changing power plant 2010 fma ia 58 pucar changing power plant and avionics 2010 fadea ia 73 basic trainer to replace t 34 ; project ongoing 9 10 2014 fadea ia 100 0 elemental trainer ; ongoing project as of 2016 11 gallery edit local designs edit prototype aec .1 1931 aet .1 1933 fma 20 el boyero 1940 prototype fma 21 trainer 1943 i.ae . 22 dl advanced trainer 1944 i.ae . 23 trainer prototype based on the fw 44j stieglitz 1944 i.ae . 24 calquin attack aircraft c. 1950 prototype i.ae . 25 ma que glider 1945 i.ae . 30 anc 1948 iae .31 colibr 1947 i.ae .32 chingolo 1949 i.ae . 34 clen ant tailless glider designed by reimar horten late 1940s model i.a. 36 c ndor airliner designed by kurt tank early 1950s fma i.ae . 37 fighter prototype 1953 iae .41 urub flying wing glider 1953 ia 45 querandi light transport prototype 1957 ia 53 mamboret agricultural aircraft prototype mid 1960s ia 59 prototype unmanned aerial vehicle early 1970s fma ia 63 pampa paris air show 1991 cba 123 ia 70 prototype farnborough 1990 fadea i.a. 73 unasur i mock up manufactured under license edit dewotine d. 21 curtiss hawk 75o fw 44j stieglitz morane saulnier ms 760 paris mendoza 2005 engines edit i.ae . r 16 el gaucho i.ae . r 19 el indio see also edit other aircraft manufacturers in argentina aero boero chincul cicar helic pteros references edit notes edit fadea autoridades . retrieved 11 july 2014 . back at the hands of the state spanish ministerio de defensa rep blica argentina lockheed martin aircraft argentina sa to f