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 type.
This is an incomplete list, which 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[2]
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- SOKO (no longer produces aircraft)
Brazil
Canada
- Avian Aircraft[5]
- Bell Helicopter commercial rotorcraft plant in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada
-
CHR International
- Safari Helicopter kit manufacturer
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
China (Republic of)
Czech Republic
Egypt
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]
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
India
Indonesia
- Indonesian Aerospace formerly known as Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) or Industri Pesawat Terbang Nurtanio (IPTN).
International
Iran
Italy
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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]
Japan
Korea (ROK)
- Korea Aerospace Industries (aka KAI)
Netherlands
Poland
- PZL-Świdnik WSK[7], now part of AgustaWestland[24]
Romania
- IAR the sole Romanian manufacturer of helicopters.
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]
South Africa
- Atlas Aircraft Corporation became Denel Aviation
- Denel Aviation
Spain
- Aerotéchnica[31]
- AISA (Aeronáutica Industrial S.A.)[5] Part of CASA and no longer produces rotorcraft.
- Eurocopter España located in Madrid and Albacete
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]
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)
References
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
Bibliography
- Apostolo, Giorgio. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Helicopters, Bonanza Books, New York, 1984. ISBN 0-517-43935-2.
See also
- List of aircraft manufacturers
- List of helicopter models
- List of rotorcraft
- List of tilt-rotor craft
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