Tuesday 15 August 2017

Argentina ends Pucará engine replacement programme


Santiago Rivas - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly

14 August 2017

Argentina’s programme to equip its IA-58 Pucará aircraft with new Pratt & Whitney PT-6A-62 engines is finished, although it has not officially been terminated, according to sources in the Argentine Air Force and state-run Fábrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA), the company leading the project.

A prototype with the new engines flew in 2015 and 2016, but the Argentine Air Force was not happy with the performance or with the engine selected, and the cost to modify the aircraft was considered too expensive. Since the air force lacked interest, FAdeA decided to halt testing.

The prototype at the factory was cannibalised and now has no ejection seats and some instruments were removed.


IA-58 Pucara: Details

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