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Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) is a division of The Boeing Company based in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. The division builds military airplanes, rotorcraft, and missiles, as well as space systems for both commercial and military customers, including satellites, spacecraft, and rockets.
EADS was listed by Homeland Security Today in April 2011 as the #11 supplier to the Department of Homeland Security and, within the Department, the #2 supplier to the U.S. Coast Guard. Of note, the company's aircraft make up 54% of the Customs and Border Protection helicopter fleet and 71% of the Coast Guard's helicopter fleet.
Manufacturer Notes Year of first flight Introduction Number built Platt-LePage XR-1: Experimental helicopter Platt-LePage Aircraft Company: First helicopter tested by the USAAF. [1] 1941 Never 2 Sikorsky R-4: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation: World's first large-scale mass-produced helicopter and the first helicopter used by the United States Army ...
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 ...
The Top 100 Contractors Report on the Federal Procurement Data System lists the top 100 defense contractors by sales to the United States Armed Forces and Department of Defense.
Military helicopters play an integral part in the sea, land and air operations of modern militaries. Generally manufacturers will develop airframes in different weight/size classes which can be adapted to different roles through the installation of mission specific equipment.
RTX Corporation, formerly Raytheon Technologies Corporation, [3] [4] is an American multinational aerospace and defense conglomerate headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.It is one of the largest aerospace and defense manufacturers in the world by revenue and market capitalization, as well as one of the largest providers of intelligence services.
Final assembly of a Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter in 1964.. Helicopter manufacturers belong to the broader category of aerospace manufacturers.It is useful to think of helicopter manufacturers as falling into two categories, those that can design, certify and manufacture new helicopter designs from scratch and those that can only manufacture extant designs under license.