Mecaer Aviation Group

Mecaer Aviation Group (MAG) is an Italian aerospace company that designs and manufactures landing gear, actuation and flight control equipment for rotary-wing and fixed-wing aircraft. It acts as a system integrator for helicopter, business aviation and general aviation programs, and works with airframe OEMs on both new designs and build-to-print production.

The Landing Systems business line covers nose and main landing gear, uplocks, and hydraulic or electromechanical retraction. On the integration side it handles wheels and brakes, control systems and steering. A dedicated test laboratory runs drop tests, limit, ultimate and fatigue load tests, extension and retraction endurance and steering endurance tests, nose gear shimmy dynamic testing, and environmental testing including temperature and EMI/EMC.

The Actuation and Flight Control Systems business line supplies electromechanical, electrohydraulic and hydraulic servoactuators and trim actuators. Its mechanical flight controls include sticks, pedal assemblies and supports, swaged rods, bellcranks, flexible cables, pitch links and torsion tubes. It also produces dampers and hydraulic power distribution items such as accumulators, reservoirs, power control units and control valves, together with steering and gear-retraction actuators. Test facilities include integrated system rigs, combined endurance and temperature testing from -40 C to +70 C, a dynamic rig for hydraulic servoactuators, strength and fatigue rigs and a pilot interface simulation rig.

A second business unit, Aircraft Services, covers cabin interiors, maintenance, repair and overhaul, and mission customization for helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. The systems units apply mechanical, hydraulic, electromechanical and electronic competence to safety-critical equipment designed for a specific aircraft, and components are delivered to OEM assembly lines in kits to shorten assembly time and reduce stock.

Quality and approvals are documented per site. The Borgomanero plant, a design, production and support center for actuation and flight control systems, is qualified under EASA, FAA and Transport Canada Part 21 and Part 145, EN/AS 9100 and AQAP-2120, and holds NADCAP accreditation for non-destructive testing and heat treatment. The group lists EASA design (Part 21J), production (Part 21G), maintenance (Part 145) and CAMO (Part M) approvals, Transport Canada production and maintenance approvals, and FAA Part 145. Customer approvals include Leonardo, Bell, Airbus Helicopters, Collins Aerospace, Turkish Aerospace and Hanwha Aerospace, and the group is an authorized service center for Leonardo Helicopters.

MAG operates from facilities in Italy (Borgomanero, Monteprandone and Reggio Emilia), Canada (Laval and Montreal, including surface treatment) and the United States (Bensalem, Pennsylvania). The landing gear and flight control actuation are integrated and tested at system level.