# Airbus Helicopters, Inc.

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For the parent company, see [Airbus Helicopters](/source/Airbus_Helicopters).

Airbus Helicopters, Inc. Type Subsidiary Industry Aerospace Key people Romain Trapp, President of Airbus Helicopters, Inc. and Head of the North America Region Products Helicopters Number of employees 780 Parent Airbus

**Airbus Helicopters, Inc.** (**AHI**) is a [subsidiary](/source/Subsidiary) of [Airbus](/source/Airbus). Airbus Helicopters manufactures and markets a broad range of [civil](/source/Civil_aviation) [helicopters](/source/Helicopter). With large facilities in [Texas](/source/Texas) and [Mississippi](/source/Mississippi) and service centers throughout the country, Airbus Helicopters, Inc. has a U.S. footprint of over 860,000 square feet (79,900 m2) and controls over 50% of the U.S. market.[1]

## History

The company's history goes back to the now-defunct [LTV Corporation](/source/LTV_Corporation). In 1968, Vought Helicopter Inc. (VHI), a subsidiary of LTV, built a facility at the [Grand Prairie Municipal Airport](/source/Grand_Prairie_Municipal_Airport) in [Grand Prairie, Texas](/source/Grand_Prairie%2C_Texas), for the purpose of marketing helicopters to North America built by [Aérospatiale](/source/A%C3%A9rospatiale), the French helicopter manufacturer. However, six years later Aérospatiale bought out VHI and took over its own marketing; two years later it changed VHI's name to Aérospatiale Helicopter Corporation (AHC). In 1980, AHC built its current Grand Prairie facility.

In 1992, [DASA](/source/DASA) of Germany and Aérospatiale merged to form [Eurocopter](/source/Eurocopter); AHC would become American Eurocopter.[2]

In 2004, the facility in Columbus, Mississippi was opened and in 2006, became the manufacturing facility and home for the U.S. Army's [UH-72A Lakota](/source/UH-72A_Lakota) helicopter. The company was renamed Airbus Helicopters, Inc. on January 2, 2014.[3]

## US production plants

Airbus Helicopters produces helicopters at two production plants in the US.

- [Grand Prairie, Texas](/source/Grand_Prairie%2C_Texas) - Grand Prairie serves as the headquarters and main facility for Airbus Helicopters.[4] It is adjacent to [Grand Prairie Municipal Airport](/source/Grand_Prairie_Municipal_Airport). - Grand Prairie also serves as the Airbus Helicopters Training facility for North America with classrooms and full-motion simulators.

- [Columbus, Mississippi](/source/Columbus%2C_Mississippi) - The recently constructed Columbus plant handles repairs, upgrades and customizations of all Airbus Helicopters models.[5] It is located on the [Golden Triangle Regional Airport](/source/Golden_Triangle_Regional_Airport). - The Columbus facility is also the home of the [UH-72A Lakota](/source/UH-72A_Lakota) (military EC145), the new Army helicopter. - Beginning in 2014, Airbus Helicopters will upgrade the Columbus Plant to a final assembly and test site for [AS350](/source/AS350) helicopters. The plant plans to produce up to 60 additional AS350 helicopters annually by 2016.[6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Airbus in the U.S."](http://www.airbushelicoptersinc.com/about_us/the_industry_leader.asp) 16 June 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Dasa, Aérospatiale to tie - Oct. 14, 1999"](https://web.archive.org/web/20011210001042/http://money.cnn.com/1999/10/14/markets/dasa/). *money.cnn.com*. Archived from [the original](https://money.cnn.com/1999/10/14/markets/dasa/) on December 10, 2001. Retrieved 2018-04-18.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** "[\[1\]](http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/ainalerts/2014-01-14/airbus-helicopters-chief-has-clear-vision-oem) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140223040542/http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/ainalerts/2014-01-14/airbus-helicopters-chief-has-clear-vision-oem) 2014-02-23 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)”

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** "[Airbus Helicopters – Grand Prairie](http://www.airbushelicoptersinc.com/about_us/locations_Grand_Prairie_Texas.asp)”

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** "[Airbus Helicopters - Columbus](http://www.airbushelicoptersinc.com/about_us/locations_columbus_mississippi.asp)”

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** "[Eurocopter Upgrades U.S. Production Operations](http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/nbaa-convention-news/2013-10-22/eurocopter-upgrades-us-production-operation) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20131221000328/http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/nbaa-convention-news/2013-10-22/eurocopter-upgrades-us-production-operation) 2013-12-21 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine).” Aviation International News Online, October 2013.

## External links

- [Companies portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Companies)
- [Aviation portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Aviation)

- [Airbus Helicopters](http://www.airbushelicoptersinc.com/)

- [Airbus Group, Inc.](https://web.archive.org/web/20140210055921/http://northamerica.airbus-group.com/north-america/usa/en.html)

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