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.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
SOKO - no longer produces aircraft
Baumgartl
Beja-Flor
Helibras - now a wholly owned subsidiary of Eurocopter
Avian Aircraft
Bell Helicopter - commercial rotorcraft plant in Mirabel, Quebec
CHR International
Safari Helicopter - kit manufacturer
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
Aero Vodochody
Moravan
Arab British Helicopter Company - no longer producers of helicopters
Aérospatiale - now part of Eurocopter
Breguet Aviation
Citroën - development and flight tests only
Etablissements Charles Dechaux
Gaucher Remicopter
Helicopteres Guimbal
Nord Aviation - 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)
Bölkow - merged with Messerschmitt AG to become Messerschmitt-Bölkow and later Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm
Dornier Flugzeugwerke - no longer produces aircraft
Flettner - no longer in business
Focke-Achgelis - no longer in business
Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm - became part of Airbus Helicopter
Youngcopter - develops a kit helicopter
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Mahindra Aerospace
Tata Advanced Systems
Indonesian Aerospace - formerly known as Industri Pesawat Terbang Nusantara (IPTN) or Industri Pesawat Terbang Nurtanio (IPTN)
HESA
Panha
ZAFAR
AgustaWestlandElicotteri Meridionali - now called the Sesto Calende (VA) facility of Agusta
Alpi Aviation
DF Helicopters Srl
Fiat - in 1969, Fiat Aviazione merged with Aerfer to create Aeritalia
Heli-Sport
Konner Srl
Partenavia - declared bankruptcy and Vulcanair bought all the assets, design rights and trademarks
Piaggio Aero
Silvercraft - went out of business in the late 1970s
Fuji Heavy Industries
GEN Corporation
Kawasaki Aerospace Company
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Korea Aerospace Industries (aka KAI)
Netherlands
VFW-Fokker
New Zealand
Mosquito Aviation
Poland
PZL-Świdnik WSK - now part of AgustaWestland
IAR - the sole Romanian manufacturer of helicopters
Bratukhin - a helicopter design bureau dissolved in 1951
Russian Helicopters (a division of Oboronprom)
Kamov
Kazan
Mil Helicopters
Rostvertol
Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant
Yakovlev - no longer produces helicopters
Atlas Aircraft Corporation - became Denel Aviation
Denel Aviation
RotorWay South Africa
Aerotéchnica
AISA (Aeronáutica Industrial S.A.) - part of CASA and no longer produces rotorcraft
Eurocopter España - located in Madrid and Albacete
Switzerland
Berger-Helicopter (defunct)
Marenco Swisshelicopter - founded in 2007
SKT Helicopter
AIDC
Turkish Aerospace Industries (aka TAI or TUSAŞ)
Aerokopter (formerly DB Aercopters)
Aviaimpex
Aviakon
Skyline Construction Bureau
ViAZ
Airmaster Helicopters (defunct)
Bristol Aeroplane Company - now part of BAE and no longer produces aircraft
Cierva Autogiro Company (defunct)
Fairey Aviation - aircraft manufacturing arm was taken over by Westland Aircraft in 1960
Firth Helicopters
Gadfly Aircraft (defunct)
Saro - merged with Westland Aircraft, later Agusta-Westland
Thruxton Aviation
Wallis Autogyros
Westland Aircraft - merged with the helicopter divisions of Bristol, Fairey and Saunders-Roe (with their hovercraft) to create Westland Helicopters in 1961
Westland Helicopters - now part of AgustaWestland
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
Aviodyne U.S.A.
Bell/Agusta Aerospace Company
Bell Helicopter
Bendix Helicopter Company (defunct)
Bensen Aircraft Company (defunct)
Boeing Rotorcraft Systems (formerly Boeing Helicopters & Boeing-Vertol)
Brantly International - all manufacturing is done in Qingdao, China
Campbell Aircraft Company (defunct)
Carter Aviation Technologies
Cessna
Columbia Helicopters
Curtiss-Wright
Doman Helicopters
Enstrom Helicopter Corporation
Erickson Air-Crane
Fairchild Aircraft
FH1100 Manufacturing Corporation
Glenview Metal Products
Goodyear
Gyrodyne Company of America
Higgins Industries (defunct) - no longer produces aircraft
Hiller Aircraft
Hillman Helicopter
Hughes Aircraft
Kaman Aircraft
Lockheed Martin - formerly Lockheed Aircraft
MD Helicopters - formerly McDonnell Douglas Corp
Piasecki Aircraft
Piasecki Helicopter - acquired by Boeing and became Boeing Vertol
Revolution Helicopter Corporation (defunct) - went out of business in November 1999
Robinson Helicopter
Rotair Industries
RotorWay International - produces kit helicopters
Sikorsky AircraftSchweizer Aircraft - acquired by Sikorsky Aircraft in 2004 and closed down in 2011 and 2012
Spitfire Helicopter Company
Texas Helicopters Co (no longer manufacturers)
Umbaugh
Vertical Aviation Technologies
Vought Helicopter Inc. (VHI) - a subsidiary of Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV); became American Eurocopter
Airbus Helicopters - was Eurocopter
European Helicopter Industries, now AgustaWestland
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