- CEO
- Hsiu Mei Chuang
- Full Time Employees
- 5,164
- Sector
- Electronic technology
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Address
- No. 1, Hanxiang Road Taichung TX Taiwan 407803
- IPO Date
- Aug 25, 2014
- Business
- Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC; 2634.TW) manufactures, assembles, tests, and maintains military and commercial aircraft, helicopters, engines, avionics, and components primarily for defense, commercial aviation, and industrial technology sectors; its core offerings include military aircraft and drones such as the T-5 Brave Eagle advanced jet trainer and F-CK-1 Ching-kuo fighter upgrades, OEM/ODM parts for commercial jets like Boeing 737 doors, Airbus A320 composite panels, Sikorsky S-92 cockpits, Bombardier Challenger empennages, and engine components for GE LEAP, Rolls-Royce Pearl, and Honeywell F124; aviation services encompass R&D, system integration, flight testing, maintenance (flight line, depot-level, avionics overhaul), logistics support, and industrial applications in energy systems, renewable power (e.g., wind-solar storage), and composites. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Taichung, Taiwan, with facilities including the Taiwan Advanced Composite Center and Gangshan forging plant, AIDC operates across Taiwan, Asia, the Americas, and Europe, serving military forces, OEMs like Lockheed Martin, GE, and Boeing, and commercial clients; it was privatized via Taiwan Stock Exchange listing in 2014 with government retaining a stake. Recent developments feature a June 2025 long-term engine parts contract with Kawasaki Heavy Industries at Paris Airshow, MOUs with AEVEX Aerospace (2024) for UAVs, Cape EMS Bhd (March 2025) for Southeast Asia energy storage/aviation/biotech, SOIC for shipbuilding (February 2025), UHT Unitech/SYENSQO for composites (March 2025), and TEDIBOA alliances in Japan/Europe/US for drone supply chains amid China's July 2025 export ban; it inaugurated a forging plant (April 2025), Power Island energy facility (March 2025), won Taiwan Power STATCOM tender (May 2025), secured NT$8.5 billion in Q1 2025 aircraft/engine orders, and earned Bombardier Diamond Supplier status (fourth time, 2024).