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Dallas-area Maintenance Provider Expands
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: The addition of a newly-renovated hangar caps a three-year upgrade program
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Aerospace Quality Research & Development (AQRD), an engineering and business aircraft maintenance provider at Dallas-area Addison Airport (KADS), has expanded its facility on the northeastern side of the field.
The company, which has had a presence at KADS for more than 20 years and specializes in composite materials, has added an additional 20,000-sq-ft hangar to its FAA Part 145 repair station, augmenting its structures, accessories, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic capabilities, and bringing the complex to five dedicated hangars, totaling 60,000 sq ft.
This marks the culmination of a $5 million, three-year renovation and expansion project that saw the company’s existing hangars rebuilt to meet new FAA standards and completely renovated and upgraded with new fire-suppression systems and power installation. According to company CEO Raj Narayanan, the improvements will also bolster its composite repair capacity with new clean rooms, ovens, and a finishing booth.
While it supports more than 4,000 engineering projects a year, the additional hangar space will allow AQRD to house customer aircraft while major on-wing and other structural repairs are conducted.
“AQRD’s expansion of its facilities will allow faster and higher quality throughput of engineered repairs of aircraft, facilitating our vision and mission of returning aircraft to service, supporting our customers faster and better than ever before,” Narayanan told AIN.