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Pages in category "Helicopter manufacturers of the United States" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Most-produced Western helicopter; nicknamed "Huey". UH-1Y derivative in production. 1959–1976 Bell 206 Jetranger: 8,460: manufactured at Bell plants in United States and Canada: Also made under licence by Agusta in Italy and Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation in Australia: 1966–2010 Eurocopter AS350: 7,000 + [1] France: Airbus Helicopters ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Three US amphibious warfare ships in 2011 - the Landing Helicopter Dock USS Makin Island (LHD 8) leading the Landing Platform Dock USS New Orleans (LPD 18), rear, and the Landing Ship Dock USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), fore. This is a list of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships.
Watson-class vehicle cargo ship – 8 active; Bob Hope-class vehicle cargo ship – 7 active; Shughart-class vehicle cargo ship – 3 active; Gordon-class vehicle cargo ship – 2 active; Supply-class fast combat support ship – 2 active; Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship – 14 active; Henry J. Kaiser-class replenishment oiler – 15 active
Aside from carriers and full-length deck amphibious assault ships, the US Navy has 12 classes of commissioned surface warships, 10 of which are aviation-capable. Two of those classes, patrol ships and mine counter-measure ships, are due to be replaced by the littoral combat ship, at which point the entire US Naval surface war fleet will be ...