# Aircraft Inspection, Repair & Overhaul Depot

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.

## History

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.
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 m$^2$) 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.

## Facilities and capabilities

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### Aircraft MRO, modification and upgrades

* C-130 fuselage stretch
* C-130 tanker conversion
* Mi-171 airborne fire fighting system
* Scheduled maintenance
* Avionics modernization / upgrade
* Service life extension
* Rewiring
* NVIS modification
* System integration
* Structural modification
* Ageing aircraft program
* Interior refurbishment & conversion
* Corrosion control / repair
* Crash damage repair

### Engine maintenance repair and overhaul

* Rolls-Royce T56/501
* General Electric CT58/T58
* Pratt & Whitney PT6

### Aero & avionics components maintenance, repair & overhaul

Mechanical components
* Propellers
* Wheels, tires & brakes
* Gear boxes
* Rotor heads
* Landing gears
* Hydraulic servos & actuators
* Drive shafts
* Fuel control units
* Rotor balancing
* Fuel / oil pumps
* Fuel governors
* Fuel nozzles
* Fuel flow dividers
Avionics components
* Flight instruments
* Electrical components
* Communications & navigation equipment
* Wire harness fabrication
* Electronics & precision measurement
* PME calibration
* Aircraft batteries’ servicing

## Aircraft
### Fixed wing

* Boeing 727-200 / 737-200 / 737-900 (BBJ)
* Bombardier Regionel Jet / Global Express
* Dassault Falcon F900
* Lockheed Martin C-130 / L-100 / KC-130-J
* CN-235
* Fokker F-28
* Pilatus PC-7
* Pilatus PC-7 Mk II
* Beechcraft King Air B200T
* Northrop F-5
* BAE Hawk 108 / 208
* Alenia Aermacchi MB339AM/CM

### Rotary wing

* Sikorsky S61A / S70A
* Agusta Westland Super Lynx Mk300
* Agusta A109 LOH / LUH
* Agusta Westland A109P/E
* Agusta Westland AW139
* Mil Mi-17 / 171
* Aerospatiale Alouette IIIB

## Customer
### Military

* Bangladesh Air Force (BAF)
* Botswana Defense Forces (BDF)
* Ecuador Air Force (FAE)
* Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU)
* Kuwait Air Force (KAF)
* Libyan Air Force (LAF)
* Malaysian Army Aviation (MAA)
* Pakistan Air Force (PAF)
* Philippine Air Force (PAF)
* Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF)
* Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN)
* Royal Malaysian Police Air Unit (RMPAU)
* Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF)
* Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF)
* United States Air Force (USAF)
* United States Marine Corps (USMC)
* Yemen Air Force (YAF)

### Non-military

* Air Niugini, Papua New Guinea
* DERCO Aerospace Inc., USA
* Department of Civil Aviation, Malaysia
* Fire & Rescue Department (Bomba), Malaysia
* SAFAIR, South Africa
* Transafrik International, Uganda
* Weststar Aviation, Malaysia
* Aventura Aviation
* Gading Sari
* Mafira Air
* Neptune Air
* Pacific Air
* Pegasus Air
* Repex
* Royal Air Cambodge
* Sempati Air
* Transmile Air