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Colombian aerospace company
The Colombian Aeronautical Industry Corporation (Spanish: Corporación de la Industria Aeronáutica Colombiana), is a Colombian aerospace company involved in aircraft design.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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The Colombian Aeronautical Industry Corporation (Spanish: Corporación de la Industria Aeronáutica Colombiana), is a Colombian aerospace company involved in aircraft design.2
The CIAC, since its establishment on 9 May 1956, has operated as a state-owned enterprise first as a stand-alone entity and later absorbed by the Ministry of National Defense of Colombia in 1966.
From Wikipedia’s article on CIAC (company), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
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Engineering work packages; design, development, testing
Manufacturing subcontracts
Aircraft Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO)
Engine Maintenance and Overhaul (MRO)
The CIAC operates hangars located on the premises of El Dorado International Airport, in Bogotá, and on Major Justino Mariño Cuesto Air Base in Madrid, Cundinamarca, where it mainly serves the Colombian Aerospace Force.
Together with Sikorsky-Colombia, CIAC manages the only Black Hawk Flight Simulator Center in Latin America, at the Tolemaida Air Base, where personnel from the Military Forces of Colombia, the National Police of Colombia, and the Brazilian Armed Forces train to operate the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.
CIAC T-90 Calima, license built Lancair Legacy for the Colombian Aerospace Force
ART Quimbaya
UAV Coelum
Airbus Defence and Space; Co-development of the SIRTAP unmanned aircraft system
Embraer; Subcontractor for the Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano
Honeywell; as Authorized Warranty and Repair Station
Sikorsky Aircraft; as subcontractor supplying parts and flight simulator training for Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters
From Wikipedia’s article on CIAC (company), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
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