Hellenic Aerospace Industry (HAI) is the leading aerospace company of Greece. The company headquarters is located in Tanagra, 65 kilometers north-west of Athens, with the industrial complex covering an area of 200,000 sq.m.
Industrial capability is organized by production centers geared to deliver high technology services and products in a wide range of activities, that include:
- Military aircraft and engine maintenance, repair, overhaul, modifications, upgrades and logistics support
- Development, design, manufacturing and after sales support of electronic, optronic and telecommunication products, satellite systems and applications, co-development and co-production of weapon systems.
- Aerostructures manufacturing and assembly
- Repair and calibration of precision measuring devices and equipment
Field of works[edit]
Aircraft maintenance[edit]
The Aircraft Maintenance Facilities cover a wide range of military & civil fixed and rotary wing aircraft. All aircraft accessories, components and avionics are covered. Services include depot level maintenance, major electromechanical, pneumatic and electronic systems, modification/upgrade programs on aircraft and avionics systems, structural reworks, aircraft painting and corrosion control. In addition the facilities can undertake crash damage repair for a large number of aircraft types.
With regard to Civil Aviation aircraft, HAI provide technical support on “A” and “B” level checks and is increasing this capability to “C” and “D” checks. HAI’s Aircraft & Accessories maintenance capabilities cover a large number of aircraft types, such as:
Engine maintenance
The Engine Maintenance Facilities cover an area of 16,000 sq.m which house 18 production shops capable of providing repair, overhaul, modification and testing to a wide range of aircraft turbofan, turbojet, turboshaft, turboprop and reciprocating engines. The Engine Maintenance Business Unit is an authorized service center to provide maintenance support to third parties for:
- Snecma Atar 09K50 & M53
- Rolls Royce – Allison T56 (Military and Civil versions)
- Honeywell Aerospace T53 and APU 85.184.
The Engines Maintenance Business Unit performs activities on:
- Design and development of engine repair schemes
- Design of special tools and equipment for the engine maintenance operations
- Engine or parts life extension studies
- Plan specific processes as well as engine inspections and investigations
Electronics
The Electronics Facilities are housed in a 16,000 sq. m. building and include four major activity areas :
- Electronics Maintenance
- Aircraft Avionics-Instruments
- Ground and Weapon Systems Radars – Telecomm & Electronics ground-based equipment
- Air to Air Missiles
- Electronics Manufacturing, Assembly and Testing
- Electronics Manufacturing and Assembly
- Electronics Testing
- Weapon Systems Manufacturing and Assembly
- Production Methods and Control
- Engineering, Research and Development Support
Aerostructures
The Aerostructures Manufacturing Business Unit is housed in a building covering an area of 29,000 sq.m. and existing manufacturing equipment capabilities cover the following production range:
- Medium size sub-assemblies for large civil aircraft
- Large size sub-assemblies for military and regional aircraft
- Small-Medium size static sub-assemblies for military and civil engines
- Kits for modification and upgrade of aircraft and engines
Product Manufacturing capabilities include,
- CAD/CAM & Engineering Analysis (CATIA, UNIGRAPHICS, NASTRAN-PATRAN)
- Material Procurement (MRP)
- Tool Design & Fabrication (EUCLID)
- Machining (up to 5-axis CNC)
- Sheet Metal Forming (Incl. stretch forming)
- Chemical Processing
- Surface Treatments
- Welding (Spot, Seam, Tig, Electro-beam & Dubber Tig Welding)
- Tube Bending
- Assembly
- Packing & Transportation
- Planning & Production Systems Controlling (PRC)
- Manufacturing Engineering
- CNC Programming
- Program Management
Engineering and R&D
HAI’s Research and Development projects are listed below:
- RPV “PEGASUS” Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
- Falcon 900 a/c aft fuselage fuel tank
- Artillery fire control system (computer with gun display terminal)
- Passive night vision scope
- 16 channel military switchboard
- Digital message device
- Surveillance gun periscope
- Wide band encryption