Harbin Aircraft Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. (HAIG), often shortened to Hafei (), is an aircraft manufacturing company headquartered in Pingfang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China."Home " (English). Harbin Aircraft Industry Group. Retrieved on August 8, 2014. "ADDRESS: NO,15, YOUXIE STREET, PINGFANG DISTRICT, HARBIN." - Chinese address : "地 址：哈尔滨市平房区友协大街15号" It was previously called Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation (HAMC) in English.
The company was founded in 1952 to manufacture planes for domestic sales, but today it supplies various components for foreign aerospace companies. It is a subsidiary of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC).
A former subsidiary of Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation — Hafei Motor, was one of the major automobile manufactures in China.
History
The 1st factory opened in 1952 to repair aircraft and situated on the former site of the Manchuria Airplane Manufacturing Company (Manshū/Mansyuu) factory. In 1958, it began producing licensed copies of Soviet aircraft. It produced the Z-5, the Mil Mi-4 helicopter, and the H-5 light bomber — a copy of the Ilyushin Il-28.
It then produced the Harbin Y-11 a light twin-engined utility aircraft — an aircraft of its own design and not a licensed copy. The Harbin Y-12 which followed, while similar to the Y-11, was a largely new aircraft.
The most recent and important product is the Z-20 utility helicopter designed and built for the Chinese military.
Subsidiaries Hafei Aviation, a manufacturer of light airplanes, helicopters and aerospace parts. Hafei Motors, defunct producer of automobile engines; sedans; MPVs; and mini vehicles, small trucks and vans that see commercial use. Subsidiaries include the auto-making Hafei Motor Co Ltd and the engine maker Harbin Dongan Auto Engine Co.
Major products
Helicopters Harbin Z-5 - Chinese variant of the Mil Mi-4 transport helicopter Harbin/CHDRI Z-6 - turboshaft re-design of the Z-5 Harbin Z-9 - medium-weight multipurpose twin-engine helicopter - Chinese variant of the Eurocopter Dauphin Harbin Z-9W/G - attack helicopter Harbin Z-19 - reconnaissance and attack helicopter Harbin Z-20 - a new 10-ton utility helicopter for the PLA Air Force, army and navy. Similar specifications to Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk. Harbin Z-21 Harbin Z-15/EC175 - medium utility helicopter, joint-developed with Eurocopter HC-120/EC120 - joint-developed with Eurocopter and Singapore Technologies Aerospace, Ltd.
Bombers Harbin H-5 - Chinese variant of the Ilyushin Il-28 bomber Harbin SH-5 - amphibious bomber HongDian-5 - ECM version of Harbin H-5, being replaced
Patrol/Utility aircraft Harbin PS-5 - Patrol Anti-submarine seaplane version of Harbin SH-5 Harbin Y-11 - high wing twin-engine piston utility aircraft
Transports Harbin Y-12 - utility STOL transport and variant of the Harbin Y-11
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Harbin BZK-005
Former production ERJ 145 - in a joint venture with Embraer Embraer Legacy 650 - in a joint venture with Embraer
References
External links
Official Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation website 哈尔滨飞机工业集团有限责任公司 globalsecurity.org