Iran’s National turbojet ‘on verge of industrial production’

National Gas Turbojet Seminar was opened on Tuesday in amphitheater of College of Mechanical Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology where Ali Karimian addressed the ceremony; “The national turbojet project was received by the Organization in 2011 to meet the growing need of Army Air Force fighter jets to maintenance and major overhauls; in doing so, sophisticated turbojet technology seemed necessary in design of the possible product, which underwent a propellant performance test with some success,” he added.

“10 universities and 30 tech companies have contribute to the project to provide technical support and staff; we predict industrial production of the national turbojet will bring a saving amount of $ 50mn annually,” Karimian told briefly.

A second speaker, Touraj Mohammadi, University’s Research and Technology Deputy believed that new technologies constitute a priority for the academia where universities play critical role in indigenizing the technology through serious involvement; “Iran University of Science and Technology had been a pioneer in that it had hosted the national gas turbine project,” he added.

Still a third speaker, Reza Taqavi, Seminar Secretary who said that country had made great move forward in development of turbojets and ‘Owj’ national turbojet; “the combustion chamber and thermal control unit, material yield and strength, turbine and compressor have been 5 topics of the 2-day seminar,” Taqavi added.