Aircraft Accessories and Components Company AACC is a Saudi company specializing in aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It was established in Jeddah City in 1988, and in 2019, it was acquired by the Saudi Arabian Military Industries Company (SAMI).
The Aircraft Accessories and Components Company Limited's work focuses on the maintenance, repair, and overhaul of aircraft hydraulic systems and auxiliary power units for multiple platforms.
The company provides its services to support special mission aircraft, training aircraft, transport aircraft, and fighter aircraft. It has expanded its services to include multiple applications in civil and military industries.
Projects of Aircraft Accessories and Components Company Limited
The Aircraft Accessories and Components Company Limited has implemented several projects, including the Typhoon Hydraulic project, after training all Saudi technicians in Europe to work on the project, and rebuilding Typhoon hydraulic components using advanced techniques and modern equipment. It has also completed the Landing Gear project, through which a modern landing gear station was established.
It has established a set of maintenance capabilities within the Kingdom to improve repair capabilities outside aircraft, including Flight Controls, Fuel Systems, Environmental Control Systems, Coordinate Measuring Machine, Computer Numerical Control Machine, Constant Speed Drive Unit, Auxiliary Power Units, Landing Gear, and Molecular Sieve Oxygen Generating Systems.
SAMI's acquisition of the Aircraft Accessories and Components Company Limited
On July 15, 2019, the Saudi Arabian Military Industries Company (SAMI) announced its acquisition of Aircraft Accessories and Components Company Limited (AACC). Following the acquisition, the Aircraft Accessories and Components Company Limited expanded its operations to include the repair and overhaul of civil aircraft landing gear systems, increased Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) capabilities, and increased rotary-wing aircraft maintenance capabilities.
Aircraft Accessories and Components Company Limited services
The Aircraft Accessories and Components Company Limited provides repair and overhaul services for various types of aircraft, including:
- PC-9: The company repairs numerous parts.
- Typhoon: Repair of landing gear, hydraulic components, and wheel bursts.
- C-130: Repair of fuel systems, fan, valve housing and pump, electrical systems, and landing gear.
- F-15: Repair of fuel pumps, heat exchangers, fuel systems, environmental control systems, electrical systems, launch tube, wheels and brakes, auxiliary power unit, flight control actuator, hydraulic pumps, and components.
Aircraft processing services at the Aircraft Accessories and Components Company Limited
The Aircraft Accessories and Components Company Limited offers processing and repair services for various aircraft types and components through several processes, including: laboratory, plating shop, and non-Destructive Testing. The laboratory work is carried out within a plating shop analyzing fluids and oils, which include hydraulic oil and engine oil, for production acceptance testing through fluid analysis, salt spray testing, hardness testing, tensile testing, as well as mechanical analysis and Lawrence Gage testing.
The plating shop is considered one of the largest aircraft painting facilities in the world, capable of handling all types of aircraft parts and components, including chromium plating, cadmium plating, nickel sulfate plating and preparation processes, and anodizing processes.
The company also offers training on Non-Destructive Testing for aircraft parts and components, such as Magnetic Testing MT and Penetrant Testing PT.
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