Overview
- FAdeA publicly presented the domestically designed IA-100B in Córdoba and reported more than 20 flight-test hours toward certification.
- The two-seat basic and acrobatic trainer features an all-composite airframe, a digital glass cockpit and retractable landing gear aimed at low operating costs.
- FAdeA says the aircraft would bolster the training pipeline alongside the IA-63 Pampa III and ease pilot transition to recently received F-16 fighters.
- Company president Julio Manco cited expressions of interest from Paraguay and Uruguay and said conversations with other potential customers are progressing.
- The program faces near-term risk from a crisis procedure, supplier claims exceeding $18 million, rotating workforce suspensions and leadership review as the factory awaits Defense Ministry contracts.