Harbin Aircraft Industry Group

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Harbin Aircraft Industry Group
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryAerospace, Defence
Founded1952; 72 years ago (1952)[1]
HeadquartersHarbin, Heilongjiang, China
Key people
Guo Dianman[2]
(Chairman)
ProductsMilitary aircraft, Helicopters, Utility aircraft
Number of employees
6700[1]
ParentAviation Industry Corporation of China
Websitehafei.com
Harbin Aircraft Industry Group Co., Ltd.
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

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, is 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[edit]

Harbin Z-9
Harbin Z-15
HC-120/EC120
Harbin Y-12F
Harbin Z-19

Helicopters

Bombers

Patrol/Utility Aircraft

Transports

Unmanned Aerial vehicles

Former Production

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 公司概况. Official Website of HAIG (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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"
  4. ^ Aviation Week & Space Technology: 60. 23 October 2013. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Embraer, AVIC shutter Harbin joint venture". Flight Global. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

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