IOMAX delivers AT-802i Block 4 upgrade to the Royal Jordanian Air Force

IOMAX USA, a North Carolina aerospace engineering and aircraft integration company, was honored to host Jordan’s Brigadier General Mohammad Fathi Hiyasat, Commander of the Royal Jordanian Air Force, during an official aircraft delivery ceremony at its aircraft facility in Mooresvllle, North Carolina on 21 October. Brigadier General Hiyasat travelled from Amman, Jordan to accept IOMAX’s first Block 4 AT-8021 upgraded Border Patrol Aircraft (BPA), which includes IOMAX’s most advanced Strike Package.

Local, county, and state officials were in attendance to welcome Brigadier General Hiyasat and other members of the Royal Jordanian Air Force.

Brigadier General Hiyasat is an experienced combat pilot who has logged numerous flight hours in the Royal Jordanian Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon. He praised the technical expertise of the IOMAX integration team expressing his appreciation fer the excellent performance of the IOMAX BPA and emphasizing the importance of the aircraft as “needed tools to maintain our national security, and to support our partners and allies in the region.”

“The Block 4 upgrade represents IOMAX’s newest generation of hardware and software solution incorporating an advanced armament control system with a Genesys avionics suite designed fer low-cost intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance precision strike aircraft. IOMAX is honored to work with the Royal Jordanian Armed Forces in support of their vital mission to provide border security to ensure stability in the region,” said CEO KC Howard. “Our entire IOMAX team is delighted to continue the partnership and friendship we enjoy with Jordan, one of the United States’ closest allies in the Middle East.”

IOMAX is the original manufacturer and integrator of the long endurance Intelligence Surveillance Target Acquisition Reconnaissance (ISTAR) and Precision Strike Aircraft (PSA). Beginning in 2010 with an Air Tractor AT-802 platform and later transitioning to the Thrush S2RT660P platform, IOMAX fielded 48 aircraft worldwide that have logged more than 120,000 combined flight hours and employed over 10,000 precision guided munitions. These munitions include GBU-12 and GBU-58 laser guided bombs, AGM-114 Air to Ground Hellfire missiles and CIRIT 70mm laser guided rockets. IOMAX’s internally designed weapons management system provides its customers with a cost-effective proven light weight rugged system that enables rapid integration and future upgrades of weapons, sensors, and avionics.

IOMAX’s partnership with the Royal Jordanian Air Force began in 2014 when the United Arab Emirates transferred six IOMAX AT-802 Block 2 Border Patrol Aircraft to the Kingdom of Jordan.