Engineering:List of rotorcraft manufacturers by country

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Rotorcraft manufacturers fall into two categories:

  1. those that can design, certify and manufacture new designs from scratch and
  2. 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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

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

  • Airbus Helicopters Canada (previously Eurocopter Canada)
  • Avian Aircraft[12]
  • Bell Helicopter – all of Bell Helicopter's commercial rotorcraft are produced at their plant in Mirabel, Quebec.
  • CHR International
    • Safari Helicopter – kit manufacturer

China

  • 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

Czech Republic

Egypt

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

  • HESA
  • PANHA
  • ZAFAR

Italy

  • Aero Eli Servizi Costruzioni Aeronautiche
  • 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

  • Mosquito Aviation

Poland

  • PZL-Świdnik WSK[14] – now part of AgustaWestland[29]

Romania

  • IAR – the sole Romanian manufacturer of helicopters

Russia

Serbia

  • EDePro – developed a tip jet helicopter

South Africa

  • Atlas Aircraft Corporation – became Denel Aviation
  • Denel Aviation
  • RotorWay South Africa[36]

Spain

  • Aerotécnica[37]
  • AISA (Aeronáutica Industrial S.A.)[12] – part of CASA and no longer produces rotorcraft
  • ELA Aviación
  • Eurocopter España – located in Madrid and Albacete

Switzerland

  • Berger-Helicopter (defunct)
  • Marenco Swisshelicopter[38] – founded in 2007
  • SKT Helicopter

Taiwan

  • AIDC

Turkey

Ukraine

  • Aerokopter (formerly DB Aercopters)
  • Skyline Construction Bureau[citation needed]

United Kingdom

  • Airmaster Helicopters (defunct)
  • Bristol Aeroplane Company – now part of BAE Systems 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]
  • 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
  • NASA/JPL for Ingenuity helicopter

International

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Авиационная промышленность стран Латинской Америки". http://www.commi.narod.ru/txt/1995/1204.htm/. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Desarrollo de Helicópteros en la Argentina - Imágenes". 21 February 2006. https://www.taringa.net/+imagenes/desarrollo-de-helicopteros-en-la-argentina_g07fu. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Apostolo p. 122
  5. ↑ "China's largest export orders helicopters: the Argentine purchase of 11 straight assembly line | Beria-TG". Beriat.org. http://beriat.org/2011/10/21/chinas-largest-export-orders-helicopters-the-argentine-purchase-of-11-straight-assembly-line/. 
  6. ↑ "Argentine Minister of Defense nos ofrecieron cooperación tecnológica en materia de radares y helicópteros y, en ese caso, no hicimos opción de la misma,". http://www.mindef.gov.ar/info.asp?Id=1979. 
  7. ↑ Judy Rumerman. "Helicopter Development in the Early Twentieth Century". U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission. U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission. http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Rotary/early_20th_century/HE2.htm. 
  8. ↑ "S.A. PESCARA HELICOPTERACION", Flight: 50, 25 January 1923, http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1923/1923%20-%200050.html 
  9. ↑ Australian Aerospace Press Release (July 2009). "Australian Aerospace Farewells The Grande Dame Of The Skies". http://ausaero.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=241l.  [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 Apostolo p. 121
  11. ↑ Helibras, retrieved 18 August 2022
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Apostolo p. 44
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Apostolo p. 119
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Apostolo p. 120
  15. ↑ "Welcome to Aircraft Factory Egypt Website". Aoi.com.eg. http://www.aoi.com.eg/aoiarab/aoi/aircraft_web/index.html. 
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Apostolo p. 60
  17. ↑ "Helicopter mit dem Citroën Comotor Wankelmotor". Der-wankelmotor.de. http://www.der-wankelmotor.de/Flugzeuge/Citroen-Helicopter/citroen-helicopter.html. 
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 Apostolo p. 124
  19. ↑ Apostolo p. 93
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Apostolo p. 59
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Apostolo p. 63
  22. ↑ Apostolo p. 18
  23. ↑ Apostolo p. 16
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Apostolo p. 74
  25. ↑ Apostolo p. 41
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Apostolo p. 92
  27. ↑ Apostolo p. 73
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 Apostolo p. 125
  29. ↑ 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. 
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 Apostolo p. 108
  31. ↑ Kamov (n.d.). "Продукция (Russian language)". http://www.kamov.ru/second/production.html. 
  32. ↑ fas.org (August 2000). "Kazan Helicopter Plant (KHP)". https://fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/industry/kazanhelicopters.htm. 
  33. ↑ Pike, John (April 2006). "Kazan Helicopter Plant (KHP)". http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/kazanhelicopters.html. 
  34. ↑ Borodulin, Vladislav (December 2007). "Helicopter industry overview for Russia". http://russianamericanbusiness.org/web_CURRENT/articles/190/1/Helicopter-industry-overview-for-Russia. 
  35. ↑ Apostolo p. 111
  36. ↑ "RotorWay International - Premiere Kit Helicopters". http://www.rotorway.com/faq.html. 
  37. ↑ Apostolo p. 40
  38. ↑ "Home page – marenco". Marenco-swisshelicopter.ch. http://marenco-swisshelicopter.ch/. 
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 Apostolo p. 21
  40. ↑ Apostolo p. 66
  41. ↑ Apostolo p. 80
  42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 Apostolo p. 101
  43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 Apostolo p. 102
  44. ↑ Apostolo p. 45
  45. ↑ Apostolo p. 56
  46. ↑ "Brantley company profile". http://www.brantly.com/profile.htm. 
  47. ↑ Carter Aviation Technologies (November 2009). "Carter Aviation Technologies". http://www.cartercopters.com/. 
  48. ↑ Apostolo p. 62
  49. ↑ Apostolo p. 64
  50. ↑ 50.0 50.1 Apostolo p. 65
  51. ↑ 51.0 51.1 Apostolo p. 67
  52. ↑ Apostolo p. 123
  53. ↑ Apostolo p. 69
  54. ↑ Apostolo p. 72
  55. ↑ Apostolo p. 77
  56. ↑ Apostolo p. 81
  57. ↑ "Sikorsky Aircraft to close plant near Elmira, cut 570 jobs". 25 September 2012. https://www.syracuse.com/news/2012/09/sikorsky_aircraft_to_close_pla.html. 

Bibliography

  • Apostolo, Giorgio. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Helicopters, Bonanza Books, New York, 1984. ISBN:0-517-43935-2.



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