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By October 2018, the in-service and stored helicopter fleet of 38,570 with civil or government operators was led Robinson Helicopter with 24.7% followed by Airbus Helicopters with 24.4%, then Bell with 20.5 and Leonardo with 8.4%, Russian Helicopters with 7.7%, Sikorsky Aircraft with 7.2%, MD Helicopters with 3.4% and other with 2.2%.
NATO reporting name Common name Haitun: Harbin Z-9: Halo: Mil Mi-26: Hare: Mil Mi-1: Harke: Mil Mi-10: Harp: Kamov Ka-20: Hat: Kamov Ka-10: Havoc: Mil Mi-28: Haze: Mil Mi-14
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The United States Department of Defense (DOD) expands on the NATO reporting names in some cases. NATO refers to surface-to-air missile systems mounted on ships or submarines with the same names as the corresponding land-based systems, but the US DOD assigns a different series of numbers with a different prefix (i.e., SA-N- versus SA-) for these systems.
Name Number produced Nation Notes Production period Mil Mi-8: 17,000 + Soviet Union/Russia: Most-produced helicopter. Still in production. 1961–present Bell UH-1 Iroquois: 16,000 + United States: Most-produced Western helicopter; nicknamed "Huey". UH-1Y derivative in production. 1959–1976 Bell 206 Jetranger: 8,460
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 Air Forces. [2] 1942 Unknown 131 Sikorsky H-5: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation 1943 ...
When the system began the names were assigned by the Air Standardization Coordinating Committee (ASCC), made up of the English-speaking allies of the Second World War, the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and two non-NATO countries, Australia and New Zealand. The ASCC names were adopted by the U.S. Department of Defense and then NATO.
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 ...