| Harbin Aircraft Industry Group | |
| Type: | Subsidiary |
| Foundation: | [1] |
| Location: | Harbin, Heilongjiang, China |
| Key People: | Guo Dianman[2] (Chairman) |
| Industry: | Aerospace, Defence |
| Products: | Military aircraft, Helicopters, Utility aircraft |
| Parent: | Aviation Industry Corporation of China |
| Num Employees: | 6700 |
Harbin Aircraft Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. (HAIG), often shortened to Hafei, 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.
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.
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.
Helicopters
Bombers
Patrol/Utility aircraft
Transports
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
Former production