Aircraft Inspection, Repair & Overhaul Depot

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Aircraft Inspection, Repair & Overhaul Depot Sdn Bhd
Type Private Limited Company
Industry Aerospace
Defence
Founded1975;47 years ago (1975)
Headquarters,
Website www.airod.com.my

Aircraft Inspection, Repair & Overhaul Depot Sdn Bhd or AIROD is a Malaysian aerospace company engaged in providing aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services. The name AIROD is an acronym that stands for Aircraft Inspection, Repair & Overhaul Depot. [1]

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History

Lockheed C-130 Hercules is one of the aircraft type service by AIROD RMAF Hercules MRD.jpg
Lockheed C-130 Hercules is one of the aircraft type service by AIROD

It was established in 1975 as the only in-country facility to support the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) aircraft. In 1985, AIROD was privatised as a joint-venture company between Malaysia's National Aerospace & Defence Industries Bhd (NADI) and Lockheed Aircraft Systems International (LASI) of the US.

Today, AIROD is a fully Malaysian-owned company under the NADI group of companies and is a leading MRO facility providing services to regional and global customers in the Southeast Asian region. [2]

AIROD's multimillion-dollar MRO facility is located at the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah (SAAS) Airport Complex at Subang, northwest of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital city, where it occupies a 77.4-acre (313,000 m2) site on the northeastern side of the runway. The facility includes both narrow- and wide-body aircraft hangars, a paint and strip hangar, support shops, and engine test cells. In January 2005, a partnership agreement was established between AIROD Malaysia and AAR Corporation to establish a regional MRO centre for landing gears in Subang. [3]

Facilities and capabilities

Source: [4]

Aircraft MRO, modification and upgrades

Engine maintenance repair and overhaul

Aero & avionics components maintenance, repair & overhaul

Mechanical components

Avionics components

Aircraft

Fixed wing

Rotary wing

Customer

Military

Non-military

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  2. "Airod Official Page".
  3. "AAR Announces Joint Venture with AIROD | AAR".
  4. "Malaysia Helicopters sells AIM and Airod".
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