HISTORY

The Philippine Aerospace Development Corporation (PADC) was established in 1973 as the government’s arm for the development of the Philippine aviation industry.   The driving motives for its establishment are self-reliance, national security and technology transfer.

To date, PADC’s major accomplishments include the assembly of:

  • forty-four(44) BO-105 helicopters through licensing agreement with Messerchemitt Bolkow Blohm (MBB)  of  Germany
  • sixty-seven (67) BN Islander aircraft through a licensing agreement with Pilatus Britten Norman (PBN) of    England
  • eighteen (18) SF 260 TP single-engine turbo-prop trainer aircraft through a joint venture with Agusta / SIAI  Marchetti of Italy
  • twenty-four (24) S-211 jet trainers through a joint venture with Agusta / SIAI Marchetti of Italy
  • six (6) Lancair ES 
  • two (2) Lancair IV 

PADC has, in the past, also established a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) center for Allison 250 series turbine engines, as well as Lycoming and Continental piston engines up to four hundred (400) HP rating.  As the Allison Authorized Maintenance and Overhaul Center (AMOC) in the Philippines, PADC undertook the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program on the overhaul of the Allison 250-C30 engines of the Sikorsky helicopters and the Allison 250-B17 engines of the Nomads of the Philippine Air Force.

PADC repaired four (4) units DC9 aileron trim tabs and manufactured ten (10) units SF-260 vertical fins, helicopter tail booms and other composite (fiberglass) components for export.

PADC also conducted Inspection Repair as Necessary (IRAN) of two (2) units F-27 Fokker .

WAY FORWARD