Company Overview

Tests on aircraft, helicopters and their components started in Riga, Latvia, in 1961. For conducting tests, a laboratory building was built and equipped with a special load floor for fixing testing rigs and load application. You can view some tests in the slides below.

At various time periods, full-scale tests were performed on Russian airplanes IL-14, Yak-40, IL-18, TU-134 (wing and fuselage fatigue tests), on helicopters MI-2, MI-4, MI-6, MI-8, Ka-126/226 (fuselage and tail boom fatigue tests).

In meantime the AVIATEST laboratory participates in certification testing of new samples of aviation equipment: the wing alighting gear of the Tupolev TU-334 aircraft, the fuselage of the Kamov Ka-226 helicopter, as well as components of the new Russian Regional Jet.

Besides, the AVIATEST laboratory is performing a test on the fuselage of MI-26T helicopter with a goal to increase its longevity. The laboratory performs annual testing on components of MI-8 and MI-17 helicopters and their modifications for the Kazan Helicopter Plant product quality control.

AVIATEST also performs tests on landing gear, empennage and other aircraft units and components. AVIATEST tests airport equipment, e.g. aircraft hydraulic jacks, torque wrenches, and various building structures.

The laboratory employs more than 30 people, among whom there are scientists with PhD degrees, highly qualified engineers and technical specialists. The test programs use multi-channel loading systems, state-of-the-art hydraulic equipment and sophisticated systems of data acquisition and processing.

The AVIATEST laboratory has all the certificates necessary for its efficient operation (see Accreditation).