Alireza Jahangirian, head of Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) of Iran, noted that the project marks one of the first national macro projects which was approved by Supreme Council of Science, Research and Technology (SCSRT) in 2012.
“Our country mostly needs 100 to 150-seat medium-range aircraft,” underlined the official asserting “the project will be delivered by Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO) as well as the Defense Ministry of Iran.”
Jahangiri stressed that the first phase comprised of conceptual design of the aircraft saying “phase one was undertaken by Amirkabir and Isfahan Universities of Technology, Iran University of Science and Technology as well as Fars Science and Technology Park."
“Each institute worked on one part of the project comprising of body design and aircraft systems, engine design, avionic system design, parts of cargo and structure of the passenger aircraft,” he underlined.
