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. 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 type.
Final assembly of a Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter in 1964.
Helibras HM-1 Pantera under construction in Brazil.
Boeing Rotorcraft Systems
Boeing Rotorcraft Systems is the former name of an American aircraft manufacturer, now known as Vertical Lift division of Boeing Defense, Space & Security.
Boeing Vertol CH-47 Chinook
Boeing Model 360
Boeing Vertol's US Standard Light Rail Vehicle on MBTA's C Branch. Boston, 1987.
A Boeing Vertol US Standard Light Rail Vehicle from San Francisco is preserved at the Oregon Electric Railway Museum.