[1][2] In addition to Avioane Craiova, two other Romanian companies, Aerostar Bacău and IAR Brașov, along with the Yugoslavian aircraft manufacturer SOKO, worked together on the IAR-93 programme.

First flown in 1985, around 200 aircraft were constructed and entered in service with the Romanian Air Force prior to the end of production in 1992.

[1] Amid the late 1970s, Avioane Craiova commenced work on an envisioned indigenous supersonic fighter jet, commonly referred to as the IAR-95, which was intended to be adopted by the Romanian Air Force.

Work had been halted prior to the completion of a single prototype, a full-scale mockup had reportedly been partially constructed.

[4] By 2009, Avioane Craiova was claiming that the IAR-99 remained in active production, specifically as the modernised IAR-99 Șoim (Hawk) variant.

[8] At one stage, Aero Vodochody appeared to by the frontrunner, the company having promoted its plans to develop Avioane Craiova's aerostructures capabilities.

However, by October 2008, none of the bidders were willing to agree to the contractual terms presented and had therefore pulled out of the privatisation process, forcing it to be restarted.