List of rotorcraft manufacturers by country
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.
Argentina
Australia
- Australian Aerospace - a wholly owned subsidiary of Eurocopter[9]
Belgium
- Dynali Helicopter Company - light helicopter manufacturer
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- SOKO - no longer produces aircraft
Brazil
Canada
- Avian Aircraft[12]
- Bell Helicopter - commercial rotorcraft plant in Mirabel, Quebec
- CHR International
- Safari Helicopter - kit manufacturer
China (People's Republic)
- Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation
- Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation
- Hongdu Aviation Industry Group
- Qingdao Haili Helicopters
- Red Eagle Aircraft Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Sichuan Lantian Helicopter Company Limited
China (Republic of)
Czech Republic
Egypt
- Arab British Helicopter Company[15] - no longer producers of helicopters
France
- Aérospatiale - now part of Eurocopter
- Breguet Aviation[16]
- Citroën[17] - development and flight tests only
- Etablissements Charles Dechaux[4]
- Gaucher Remicopter[4]
- Helicopteres Guimbal
- Nord Aviation[18] - in 1970, 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 Airbus Helicopters (formerly Eurocopter Group)[19]
Germany
- Bölkow - merged with Messerschmitt AG to become Messerschmitt-Bölkow and later Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm [20]
- Dornier Flugzeugwerke - no longer produces aircraft[21]
- Flettner - no longer in business[22]
- Focke-Achgelis - no longer in business[23]
- Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm - became part of Airbus Helicopter[24]
- Youngcopter - develops a kit helicopter
India
Indonesia
- Indonesian Aerospace - formerly known as Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) or Industri Pesawat Terbang Nurtanio (IPTN)
Iran
Italy
- AgustaWestland[25]
- Elicotteri Meridionali - now called the Sesto Calende (VA) facility of Agusta
- Alpi Aviation
- DF Helicopters Srl
- Fiat[4] - in 1969, Fiat Aviazione merged with Aerfer to create Aeritalia
- Heli-Sport
- Konner Srl
- Partenavia[18] - declared bankruptcy and Vulcanair bought all the assets, design rights and trademarks
- Piaggio Aero[18]
- Silvercraft - went out of business in the late 1970s[26]
Japan
Korea (ROK)
- Korea Aerospace Industries (aka KAI)
Netherlands
New Zealand
Poland
- PZL-Świdnik WSK[14] - now part of AgustaWestland[29]
Romania
- IAR - the sole Romanian manufacturer of helicopters
Russia
- Bratukhin[30] - a helicopter design bureau dissolved in 1951
- Russian Helicopters (a division of Oboronprom)
- Yakovlev - no longer produces helicopters[13]
South Africa
- Atlas Aircraft Corporation - became Denel Aviation
- Denel Aviation
- RotorWay South Africa[36]
Spain
- Aerotéchnica[37]
- AISA (Aeronáutica Industrial S.A.)[12] - part of CASA and no longer produces rotorcraft
- Eurocopter España - located in Madrid and Albacete
Switzerland
- Berger-Helicopter (defunct)
- Marenco Swisshelicopter[38] - founded in 2007
- SKT Helicopter
Turkey
- Turkish Aerospace Industries (aka TAI or TUSAŞ)
Ukraine
- Aerokopter (formerly DB Aercopters)
- Aviaimpex[citation needed]
- Aviakon[citation needed]
- Skyline Construction Bureau[citation needed]
- ViAZ[citation needed]
United Kingdom
- Airmaster Helicopters (defunct)
- Bristol Aeroplane Company - now part of BAE and no longer produces aircraft[16]
- Cierva Autogiro Company (defunct)[39]
- Fairey Aviation - aircraft manufacturing arm was taken over by Westland Aircraft in 1960[40]
- Firth Helicopters[4]
- Gadfly Aircraft (defunct)
- Saro - merged with Westland Aircraft, later Agusta-Westland[41]
- Thruxton Aviation[28]
- Wallis Autogyros[42]
- Westland Aircraft - merged with the helicopter divisions of Bristol, Fairey and Saunders-Roe (with their hovercraft) to create Westland Helicopters in 1961[43]
- Westland Helicopters - now part of AgustaWestland[43]
United States
- A-B Helicopters
- Aerodyne Systems Engineering (defunct)
- AirScooter Corporation
- American Eurocopter - founded as Vought Helicopter Inc, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Eurocopter
- American Helicopter[10]
- Aviodyne U.S.A.
- Bell/Agusta Aerospace Company
- Bell Helicopter[44]
- Bendix Helicopter Company (defunct)[10]
- Bensen Aircraft Company (defunct)[10]
- Boeing Rotorcraft Systems (formerly Boeing Helicopters & Boeing-Vertol)[45]
- Brantly International[20] - all manufacturing is done in Qingdao, China[46]
- Campbell Aircraft Company (defunct)[10]
- Carter Aviation Technologies[47]
- Cessna[48]
- Columbia Helicopters
- Curtiss-Wright[21]
- Doman Helicopters[4]
- Enstrom Helicopter Corporation[49]
- Erickson Air-Crane
- Fairchild Aircraft[50]
- FH1100 Manufacturing Corporation
- Glenview Metal Products
- Goodyear[4]
- Gyrodyne Company of America[51]
- Higgins Industries (defunct) - no longer produces aircraft
- Hiller Aircraft[51]
- Hillman Helicopter[52]
- Hughes Aircraft[53]
- Kaman Aircraft[54]
- Lockheed Martin - formerly Lockheed Aircraft[24]
- MD Helicopters - formerly McDonnell Douglas Corp[55]
- Piasecki Aircraft
- Piasecki Helicopter - acquired by Boeing and became Boeing Vertol[39]
- Revolution Helicopter Corporation (defunct) - went out of business in November 1999
- Robinson Helicopter[18]
- Rotair Industries
- RotorWay International - produces kit helicopters[28]
- Sikorsky Aircraft[56]
- Schweizer Aircraft - acquired by Sikorsky Aircraft in 2004 and closed down in 2011 and 2012[57]
- Spitfire Helicopter Company[26]
- Texas Helicopters Co (no longer manufacturers)
- Umbaugh[42]
- Vertical Aviation Technologies
- Vought Helicopter Inc. (VHI) - a subsidiary of Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV); became American Eurocopter
International
- Airbus Helicopters - was Eurocopter
- European Helicopter Industries, now AgustaWestland[50]
- NHIndustries
See also
References
- ^ Aerodreams | Products
- ^ Авиационная промышленность стран Латинской Америки Template:Ref-ru
- ^ a b Desarrollo de Helicópteros en la Argentina - Taringa!
- ^ a b c d e f g Apostolo p. 122
- ^ "China's largest export orders helicopters: the Argentine purchase of 11 straight assembly line | Beria-TG". Beriat.org. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ^ Argentine Minister of Defense nos ofrecieron cooperación tecnológica en materia de radares y helicópteros y, en ese caso, no hicimos opción de la misma,
- ^ Judy Rumerman. "Helicopter Development in the Early Twentieth Century". U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission. U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- ^ "S.A. PESCARA HELICOPTERACION", Flight: 50, 25 January 1923
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- ^ a b Apostolo p. 44
- ^ a b Apostolo p. 119
- ^ a b Apostolo p. 120
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- ^ a b Apostolo p. 60
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- ^ a b c d Apostolo p. 124
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- ^ a b Apostolo p. 59
- ^ a b Apostolo p. 63
- ^ Apostolo p. 18
- ^ Apostolo p. 16
- ^ a b Apostolo p. 74
- ^ 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". Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ a b Apostolo p. 108
- ^ Kamov (n.d.). "Продукция (Russian language)". Archived from the original on 28 February 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ fas.org (August 2000). "Kazan Helicopter Plant (KHP)". Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ^ Pike, John (April 2006). "Kazan Helicopter Plant (KHP)". Retrieved 18 December 2009. [dead link]
- ^ Borodulin, Vladislav (December 2007). "Helicopter industry overview for Russia". Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ^ Apostolo p. 111
- ^ http://www.rotorway.com/faq.html
- ^ Apostolo p. 40
- ^ "Home page - marenco". Marenco-swisshelicopter.ch. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
- ^ 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". Retrieved 2009-12-205.
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- ^ Apostolo p. 64
- ^ a b Apostolo p. 65
- ^ a b Apostolo p. 67
- ^ Apostolo p. 123
- ^ Apostolo p. 69
- ^ Apostolo p. 72
- ^ Apostolo p. 77
- ^ Apostolo p. 81
- ^ Sikorsky Aircraft to close plant near Elmira, cut 570 jobs
Bibliography
- Apostolo, Giorgio. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Helicopters, Bonanza Books, New York, 1984. ISBN 0-517-43935-2.
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