Harbin Aircraft Industry Group
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Aerospace, Defence |
Founded | 1952[1] |
Headquarters | Harbin, Heilongjiang, China |
Key people | Guo Dianman[2] (Chairman) |
Products | Military aircraft, Helicopters, Utility aircraft |
Number of employees | 6700[1] |
Parent | Aviation Industry Corporation of China |
Website | hafei |
Harbin Aircraft Industry Group Co., Ltd. | |||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 哈尔滨飞机工业集团有限责任公司 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 哈爾濱飛機工業集團有限責任公司 | ||||||
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Harbin Aircraft Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. (HAIG), often shortened to Hafei (simplified Chinese: 哈飞; traditional Chinese: 哈飛; pinyin: Hāfēi), is an aircraft manufacturing company headquartered in Pingfang District, Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China.[3] It was previously called Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation (HAMC) in English.[citation needed]
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
[edit]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
[edit]- Hafei Aviation, a manufacturer of light airplanes, helicopters and aerospace parts.
- Hafei Motors, a 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
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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.[4]
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)
Former production
- ERJ 145 - in a joint venture with Embraer[5]
- Embraer Legacy 650 - in a joint venture with Embraer[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b 公司概况. Official Website of HAIG (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ Gao, Qun; Li, Peng. 哈飞董事长郭殿满:身正不令则行. 中国航空新闻网 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ "Home Archived 2009-11-23 at the Wayback Machine" (English). Harbin Aircraft Industry Group. Retrieved on August 8, 2014. "ADDRESS: NO,15, YOUXIE STREET, PINGFANG DISTRICT, HARBIN." - Chinese address Archived 2014-08-09 at the Wayback Machine: "地 址:哈尔滨市平房区友协大街15号"
- ^ Aviation Week & Space Technology: 60. 23 October 2013.
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(help) - ^ "哈尔滨飞机工业集团有限责任公司". Archived from the original on 2011-05-12. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
- ^ "Embraer, AVIC shutter Harbin joint venture". Flight Global. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
External links
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