OMA (Officine Meccaniche Aeronautiche)

OMA, short for Officine Meccaniche Aeronautiche, is an Italian aerospace company. It is private and was founded in 1948. It works in the world aerospace market. The company is based in Foligno, in the Perugia area of Italy. Its work covers civil and defense aircraft and helicopters.

OMA designs, develops, tests, makes and repairs hydraulic and electromechanical systems. These include actuation systems and hydraulic controls. Actuators are parts that move other parts, such as flight controls. OMA also builds on-board systems and equipment for civil and military aircraft and helicopters.

The company makes metal parts and complex aerostructure assemblies. Aerostructures are the main body parts of an aircraft. OMA joins manufacturing and tooling to make metallic aircraft structures. It also offers customer support, with repair work on aircraft, auxiliary power units, gearboxes and aeronautical equipment.

Its capabilities cover research and development, engineering, manufacturing, special processes, assembly, testing and maintenance, repair and overhaul. The company says its programs are balanced between civil and defense work. It adds services on top of its usual product development and manufacturing.

The website lists a long history of programs. OMA made hydraulic pneumatic valves and electromechanical actuators under license for the Aeritalia Lockheed F-104S. It overhauled piston engine aircraft for the Italian Ministry of Defence. It did early equipment design for the Tornado and later work on Agusta A109, A129 and EH101 helicopters.

Later milestones include a complete thrust reverser for business jets and first designs for the NH90 and Eurofighter programs. OMA also designed an integrated aerostructure for the ATR program and delivered the first Boeing 737 cargo conversion door. It received work packages from Lockheed Martin for the JSF program, and worked on the M346 trainer. It also qualified the AW169 electromechanical rotor brake system.

Recent news on the website includes the REMIX research project and a memorandum of understanding with Meccanotecnica Umbra. OMA also planned to exhibit at the Paris Airshow Le Bourget 2025 and the Aerospace Power Conference 2025 in Rome.