Helibras

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Helicópteros do Brasil

logo
legal form Corporation
founding 1978
Seat Itajubá , BrazilBrazilBrazil 
management Fernando Granco
Number of employees 452
sales 153 million euros
Branch helicopter
Website www.helibras.com.br

Helibras hangar in Itajubá

Helicópteros do Brasil ( Helibras ) is a Brazilian helicopter manufacturer and a subsidiary of Airbus Helicopters . Helibras is the market leader in Brazil.

history

The company was founded in 1978 by Aérospatiale and the local city administration. Today the company has a manufacturing facility in Itajubá, a training center in São Paulo and a maintenance facility in Rio de Janeiro .

Products

Helibras manufactures various civil and military Eurocopter helicopters in various performance classes under license. The largest type is the military helicopter NH90 with a length of 19.50 m, the smallest the light civil helicopter EC 120 with a length of 9.60 m.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Information on the Eurocopter Group website ( Memento from December 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive )