MD Helicopters
| MD Helicopters, Inc. | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Inc. |
| Seat |
Mesa , Arizona , United States
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| management | Lynn Tilton ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees | 400 |
| Branch | Helicopter construction |
| Website | www.mdhelicopters.com |
MD Helicopters, Inc. (MDHI) is an American manufacturer of helicopters based in Mesa , Arizona . The company is owned by Patriarch Partners .
General
The beginnings of the company go back to the aircraft division of the Hughes Tool Company , which began with the production of light helicopters in 1955. In 1984 the helicopter production of Hughes Aircraft was sold to McDonnell Douglas , which in turn became part of the Boeing Company in 1997 . In 1999, Boeing then sold the helicopter production to MD Helicopters Holdings Inc. (a subsidiary of the Dutch RDM Holding ). This sale included the single-engine MD 500E , MD 530F and the MD 520N and MD 600N models with the NOTAR system as well as the twin-engine MD Explorer helicopter.
Boeing retained the rights to the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter and the NOTAR patent .
In addition to the main plant at Falcon Field Airport ( ICAO code : KFFZ), the helicopters are also manufactured by the Hongdu Aviation Industry Group (HONGDU) in Nanchang ( People's Republic of China ) and by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) in Turkey .
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Individual evidence
- ^ A b About MD Helicopters, Inc. MD Helicopters, archived from the original on March 5, 2009 ; accessed on May 16, 2010 (English).
Coordinates: 33 ° 27 '52.7 " N , 111 ° 43' 44.3" W.