Fabrica Argentina de Aviones "Brig. San Martin S.A." FADEA S.A.

FABRICA ARGENTINA DE AVIONES S.A. (FADEA), officially Fabrica Argentina de Aviones "Brig. San Martin" S.A., is Argentina's main aircraft manufacturer. Founded on 10 October 1927 and located in Cordoba, for most of its existence it was known as Fabrica Militar de Aviones (FMA). 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 production. The Company also engaged in the production of licensed aircraft from other countries.

During the government of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the factory was nationalized and in August 2009 it was renamed after the Argentine Air Force Brigadier, Juan Ignacio San Martin, a military engineer who laid the foundations of the aeronautics industry in Cordoba in the 1940s.

The new company, FADEA, has been in close collaboration with major strategic partners, mainly in China and Brazil and has partners in USAN, thus delivering numerous projects in different countries.