Aircraft systems and aerostructures
HAI possesses robust capabilities in both civil and military aircraft engineering, in-line with company’s technology development strategy.
Research, Design & New Products Development Directorate, leads the following activities:
Design & Development capabilities
- Conceptual Design
- Detailed & Assembly Design
- Structural Design & Analysis
- Testing
- Systems integration design
- Prototyping
- Prototypes manufacturing
- Repairs design
- In-service support
Directorate’s activities are certified as per AS9100 and organized according to EASA Part 21J.
The Directorate is situated in an 800m2 offices area, using state-of-the-art design and development tools, world widely established, such as:
- DS/CATIA V4
- DS/CATIA V5
- DS/CATIA V5/CPD (Composite Part Design Module)
- DS/ENOVIA VPM
- DS/ENOVIA Smarteam
- MSC/PATRAN-NASTRAN
- HYPERMESH
Various other proprietary and COTS (i.e.: Commercial off-the-shelf) software is used, covering areas such as:
- Structures
- Aerodynamics
- Materials
- Flow simulation
The Directorate performs Research activities in new materials and their corresponding production techniques, using its well organized advanced materials laboratory to perform:
- Composite manufacturing for prototype development
- Testing (Mechanical, Microscopic analysis, NDT)
Some indicative new products that have been developed in-house
- Design, Development and Manufacturing of Hellenic Air Force Pegasus RPV
- Design and Development of a Kit-L Laser-Guided Bomb
- Preliminary Design of a General Aviation Light Utility Aircraft
- Design and Development of a Remotely Piloted Target Drone
- Design and Manufacturing of Falcon 900EX Business Jet Extended Range Fuel Tank
- Design and Manufacturing of IRIS-T Dummy Air Training Missile and Tactical Umbilical
- Participation in the structural design phase of Boeing 787 cargo frame door
- Participation in the Design & Development phase of CSO (HELIOSIII satellite)
Current Programs
- NEURON Unmanned Combat Vehicle
Design and Manufacturing of Prototype Exhaust Assembly (Nozzle & masking plate) and Aft Fuselage sections, as core partner in the corresponding consortium. During the programme, HAI engineers worked closely with their French colleagues in both the physical plateau at Dassault premises (Program Prime Contractor) and in the virtual plateau that had been established at all company sites participating in the program.
Certifications
- AS EN 9100 for the Design and Development Fabrication and Assembly of Aerospace Structures και
- ISO9001:2000 for the Design and Manufacture of Structural Parts and Assemblies of Aircraft and Aircraft Engines.
Electronics
Electronic Engineering Design and Development, supports activities related to defence systems, security systems, command & control and satellite & space applications, in-line with company’s technology development strategy.
The relevant “Research, Design & New Products Development Directorate” offers specialties in various areas such as embedded systems, autonomous/unmanned systems design, surveillance systems, wireless sensors integration & networking, dependable communications/networks and tactical communication systems.
Design & Development capabilities
- Systems Engineering
- Hardware Design
- Software Development
- Systems Adaptations and Integration
- RF Design
Other
- Testing & Qualification
- Reliability and Maintainability Studies
- Satellite Services
Strategic Priorities in Electronics
- Integrated Systems
- Command Control Systems
- Communication Networks
- Special Systems
- Unmanned Systems
- Surveillance Systems
- Avionics
- Satellite Applications