Aircraft Rebuild Factory - ARF

ARF, was established in the early 70s in collaboration with The Peoples Republic of China. Initially, the factory started overhauling of F-6 aircraft and with an ever growing sphere of responsibility, the factory undertook the task of overhauling of A - 5III, FT - 5, Y - 12, K - 8 and F - 7 aircraft variants. Since its inception, ARF has evolved into a Centre of Excellence for maintenance, repair and overhauling Chinese aircraft, standing tall amongst MRO organizations in the world. The MRO setup has a number of accreditations to its acclaim, which guarantees quality production. The MRO setup is not only fulfilling the needs of Pakistan Air Force but also undertakes overhauling and repair tasks of friendly countries namely Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Nigeria etc.

The core facility has a rich experience of manufacturing and overhauling canopies and windshields of Chinese, T-37, Cessna, IL 78 Aircraft and Mirage windshield partitions. It has also acquired the technology for manufacturing single piece windshield. The competency is completely self reliant and has ensured zero foreign dependency. Production support group at ARF is a hub of metal parts manufacturing with diversified services like CNC and conventional machining centres, forging and casting, NADCAP qualified heat and surface treatment facility. Precision machining complex is a Boeing Quality Management System (BQMS) certified CNC setup - capable of manufacturing aviation and military standard Aluminum, steel and titanium alloy parts by using the latest CAD / CAM softwares.