IAI Nammer

The IAI Nammer, whose Hebrew name means leopard, was a single-seat fighter developed by Israel Aerospace Industries in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a private venture for the export market. It reused the delta canard airframe of the IAI Kfir, itself derived from the Dassault Mirage 5, and paired it with a modernised cockpit, new radar and a choice of engines, drawing on avionics work from the cancelled IAI Lavi. IAI first marketed it as an upgrade for Mirage III and Mirage 5 airframes and later as a new-build aircraft, claiming a top speed of Mach 2.2 and a service ceiling of 58,000 feet. A single prototype made its first flight on 21 March 1991. IAI found neither partner companies nor export customers, and development ended in the early 1990s without any further aircraft being built.