List of rotorcraft manufacturers by country
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Rotorcraft manufacturers fall into two categories:
- those that can design, certify and manufacture new designs from scratch and
- those that can only manufacture extant designs under license.
Boeing Vertol is an example of the first type and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, who license-produced Boeing Vertol designs for much of its recent history, is an example of the second type.
[edit] Argentina
[edit] Australia
- Australian Aerospace a wholly owned subsidiary of Eurocopter[2]
[edit] Bosnia and Herzegovina
- SOKO (no longer produces aircraft)
[edit] Brazil
[edit] Canada
- Avian Aircraft[5]
- Bell Helicopter commercial rotorcraft plant in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada
- CHR International
- Safari Helicopter kit manufacturer
[edit] China (Peoples Republic)
- Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation
- Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation
- Hongdu Aviation Industry Group
- Qingdao Haili Helicopter
- Sichuan Lantian Helicopter Company Limited
- Jiujiang Red Eagle Aircraft Manufacture
[edit] China (Republic of)
[edit] Czech Republic
[edit] Egypt
[edit] France
- Aérospatiale now part of Eurocopter
- Breguet Aviation[9]
- Citroën[10][11] (development and flight tests only).
- Etablissements Charles Dechaux[1]
- Gaucher Remicopter[1]
- Nord Aviation[12] In 1970, Nord Aviation merged with Sud Aviation to create Société Nationale d'Industrie Aérospatiale (SNIAS), later renamed Aérospatiale and ultimately merged into European aerospace corporation EADS in 2000.
- Sud Aviation became part of Aérospatiale, now part of Eurocopter[13]
[edit] Germany
- Bölkow merged with Messerschmitt AG to become Messerschmitt-Bölkow and later Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm[14]
- Dornier FlugzeugwerkeNo longer produces aircraft.[15]
- Flettner no longer in business[16]
- Focke-Achgelis no longer in business[17]
- Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm[18]
- Youngcopter produces kit helicopters
[edit] India
[edit] Indonesia
- Indonesian Aerospace formerly known as Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) or Industri Pesawat Terbang Nurtanio (IPTN).
[edit] International
[edit] Iran
[edit] Italy
- AgustaWestland[20]
- Elicotteri Meridionali - Now called the Sesto Calende (VA) facility of Agusta.
- Fiat[1] In 1969, Fiat Aviazione merged with Aerfer to create Aeritalia.
- Partenavia[12] declared bankruptcy and Vulcanair bought all the assets, design rights and trademarks.
- Piaggio Aero[12]
- Silvercraft out of business in the late 1970s[21]
[edit] Japan
[edit] Korea (ROK)
- Korea Aerospace Industries (aka KAI)
[edit] Netherlands
[edit] Poland
- PZL-Świdnik WSK[7], now part of AgustaWestland[24]
[edit] Romania
- IAR the sole Romanian manufacturer of helicopters.
[edit] Russia
- Bratukhin[25] a helicopter design bureau dissolved in 1951.
- Russian Helicopters (A division of Oboronprom)
- Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant
- Yakovlev no longer produces helicopters[6]
[edit] South Africa
- Atlas Aircraft Corporation became Denel Aviation
- Denel Aviation
[edit] Spain
- Aerotéchnica[31]
- AISA (Aeronáutica Industrial S.A.)[5] Part of CASA and no longer produces rotorcraft.
- Eurocopter España located in Madrid and Albacete
[edit] United Kingdom
- Airmaster Helicopters (defunct)
- Bristol Aeroplane Company now part of BAE and no longer produces aircraft[9]
- Cierva Autogiro Company (defunct)[32]
- Fairey Aviation aircraft manufacturing arm was taken over by Westland Aircraft in 1960.[33]
- Firth Helicopters[1]
- Gadfly Aircraft (defunct)
- Saro Merged with Westland Aircraft later Agusta-Westland[34]
- Thruxton Aviation[23]
- Wallis Autogyros[35]
- Westland Aircraft Merged with the helicopter divisions of Bristol, Fairey and Saunders-Roe (with their hovercraft) to create Westland Helicopters in 1961.[36]
- Westland Helicopters now part of AgustaWestland[36]
[edit] United States
- A-B Helicopters
- Aerodyne Systems Engineering (defunct)
- AirScooter Corporation
- American Eurocopter a wholly owned subsidiary of Eurocopter
- American Helicopter[3]
- Aviodyne U.S.A.
- Bell Helicopter[37]
- Bell/Agusta Aerospace Company
- Bendix Helicopter Company (defunct)[3]
- Bensen Aircraft Company (defunct)[3]
- Boeing Rotorcraft Systems (formerly Boeing Helicopters & Boeing-Vertol)[38]
- Brantly International[14]All manufacturing is being done in Qingdao, China.[39]
- Campbell Aircraft Company (defunct)[3]
- Carter Aviation Technologies[40]
- Cessna[41]
- Columbia Helicopters
- Curtiss-Wright[15]
- Doman Helicopters[1]
- Enstrom Helicopter Corporation[42]
- Erickson Air-Crane
- Fairchild Aircraft[19]
- FH1100 Manufacturing Corporation
- Glenview Metal Products
- Goodyear[1]
- Gyrodyne Company of America[43]
- Higgins Industries (defunct) no longer produces aircraft
- Hiller Aircraft [43]
- Hillman Helicopter[44]
- Hughes Aircraft[45]
- Kaman Aircraft[46]
- Lockheed Martin, formerly Lockheed Aircraft[18]
- MD Helicopters, formerly McDonnell Douglas Corp[47]
- Piasecki Aircraft[32]
- Revolution Helicopter Corporation (defunct) went out of business in November 1999
- Robinson Helicopter[12]
- RotorWay International Produces kit Helicopters[23]
- Sikorsky Aircraft[48]
- Schweizer Aircraft acquired by Sikorsky Aircraft in 2004.
- Spitfire Helicopter Company[21]
- Texas Helicopters Co (no longer manufacturers)
- Umbaugh[35]
- Vertical Aviation Technologies
- Vought Helicopter Inc. (VHI), a subsidiary of Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV)
[edit] References
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f g Apostolo p. 122
- ^ Australian Aerospace Press Release (July 2009). "Australian Aerospace Farewells The Grande Dame Of The Skies". http://ausaero.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=241l. Retrieved 2009-12-18.[dead link]
- ^ a b c d e f Apostolo p. 121
- ^ http://www.helibras.com.br/eurocopter.asp
- ^ a b Apostolo p. 44
- ^ a b Apostolo p. 119
- ^ a b Apostolo p. 120
- ^ http://www.aoi.com.eg/aoiarab/aoi/aircraft_web/index.html
- ^ a b Apostolo p. 60
- ^ http://www.drmaz.com/Aviations/Helicopters/Citroen%20RE2/Citroen_RE2.htm
- ^ http://www.der-wankelmotor.de/Flugzeuge/Citroen-Helicopter/citroen-helicopter.html
- ^ a b c d Apostolo p. 124
- ^ Apostolo p. 93
- ^ a b Apostolo p. 59
- ^ a b Apostolo p. 63
- ^ Apostolo p. 18
- ^ Apostolo p. 16
- ^ a b Apostolo p. 74
- ^ a b Apostolo p. 65
- ^ Apostolo p. 41
- ^ a b Apostolo p. 92
- ^ Apostolo p. 73
- ^ a b c Apostolo p. 125
- ^ Skomra, Sławomir (February 2010). "Już nie ma PZL Świdnik. Jest AgustaWestland Świdnik in Gazeta Wyborcza". http://lublin.gazeta.pl/lublin/1,48724,7528534,Juz_nie_ma_PZL_Swidnik__Jest_AgustaWestland_Swidnik.html. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ a b Apostolo p. 108
- ^ Kamov (undated). "Продукция (Russian language)". http://www.kamov.ru/second/production.html. Retrieved 2009-12-18.[dead link]
- ^ fas.org (August 2000). "Kazan Helicopter Plant (KHP)". http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/industry/kazanhelicopters.htm. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
- ^ Pike, John (April 2006). "Kazan Helicopter Plant (KHP)". http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/kazanhelicopters.html. Retrieved 2009-12-18.[dead link]
- ^ Borodulin, Vladislav (December 2007). "Helicopter industry overview for Russia". http://russianamericanbusiness.org/web_CURRENT/articles/190/1/Helicopter-industry-overview-for-Russia. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
- ^ Apostolo p. 111
- ^ Apostolo p. 40
- ^ a b Apostolo p. 21
- ^ Apostolo p. 66
- ^ Apostolo p. 80
- ^ a b Apostolo p. 101
- ^ a b Apostolo p. 102
- ^ Apostolo p. 45
- ^ Apostolo p. 56
- ^ Brantley company profile
- ^ Carter Aviation Technologies (November 2009). "Carter Aviation Technologies". http://www.cartercopters.com/. Retrieved 2009-12-205.
- ^ Apostolo p. 62
- ^ Apostolo p. 64
- ^ a b Apostolo p. 67
- ^ Apostolo p. 123
- ^ Apostolo p. 69
- ^ Apostolo p. 72
- ^ Apostolo p. 77
- ^ Apostolo p. 81
[edit] Bibliography
- Apostolo, Giorgio. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Helicopters, Bonanza Books, New York, 1984. ISBN 0-517-439352.
[edit] See also
- List of aircraft manufacturers
- List of helicopter models
- List of rotorcraft
- List of gyrocopters
- List of tilt-rotor craft
- List of autogyros
- List of gyroplanes
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