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

Baumgartl^[10]
Instituto de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento^[10]
Helibras – now a wholly owned subsidiary of Eurocopter^[11]

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

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

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

VFW-Fokker^[28]

New Zealand

Mosquito Aviation

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]

Serbia

EDePro – developed a tip jet helicopter

South Africa

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

Spain

Aerotécnica^[37]
Aeronáutica Industrial S.A. (AISA)^[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

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 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

Airbus Helicopters – was Eurocopter
European Helicopter Industries, now AgustaWestland^[50]
NHIndustries

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[taringa1-3] "Desarrollo de Helicópteros en la Argentina - Imágenes". Taringa!. 21 February 2006.

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[5] "China's largest export orders helicopters: the Argentine purchase of 11 straight assembly line | Beria-TG". Beriat.org. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

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[AustralianAerospace-9] Australian Aerospace Press Release (July 2009). "Australian Aerospace Farewells The Grande Dame Of The Skies". Retrieved 18 December 2009. ^{[dead link]}

[Apostolo121-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Apostolo p. 121

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[Apostolo119-13] Apostolo p. 119

[Apostolo120-14] Apostolo p. 120

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[Apostolo59-20] Apostolo p. 59

[Apostolo63-21] Apostolo p. 63

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[23] Apostolo p. 16

[Apostolo74-24] Apostolo p. 74

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