List of most-produced rotorcraft

This is a list of the most-produced rotorcraft. Production runs typically include variants and licensed production. Aircraft still in production are highlighted in blue.

Name Number produced Nation Notes Production period
Mil Mi-817,000 +Soviet Union/RussiaMost-produced helicopter. Still in production.1961–present
Bell UH-1 Iroquois11,582 +United StatesMost-produced Western helicopter; nicknamed "Huey". UH-1Y derivate in production.1959–1976
Bell 206 Jetranger8,460manufactured at Bell plants in United States and CanadaAlso made under licence by Agusta in Italy and Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation in Australia1966–2010
Bell 475,600United StatesProduced under license by Agusta in Italy, Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Japan, and Westland Aircraft in the United Kingdom.1946-1974
Mil Mi-25,497Soviet Union, PolandProduced only in Poland.1965–1998
Robinson R445,324 +United States1993–present
Hughes OH-6 Cayuse4,700[1]United StatesIn production as MD-500 series. Also built under licence by Kawasaki, Korean Air Aerospace and Breda Nardi (Agusta).1965–present
Robinson R224,484 +United States1979–present
Eurocopter AS3504,105 +[2]France1975–present
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk4,000 +United StatesS-70 family: UH-60A (1978–1989), UH-60L (1989-2007), UH-60M (2005-), SH-60 Seahawk (1979-), in Japan as Mitsubishi H-60 (1987-). 1978–present
Mil Mi-44,000Soviet UnionIn China as Z-5.1951-1979
Hughes TH-55 Osage2,800 +United StatesLater as Schweizer S-300.1961-
Mil Mi-12,594Soviet UnionIn Poland as SM-1.1950-1965
Sikorsky H-342,464United StatesAlso as Westland Wessex.1954-1970
Bell AH-1 Cobra2,208[3]United StatesAH-1Z model still in production.1967–present
Aérospatiale Alouette III2,000 +FranceBuilt under licence in India as HAL Chetak and in Romania as IAR 316.1961-1985
Mil Mi-242,000 +Soviet Union/RussiaMi-35M version still in limited production.1969–present
Hiller OH-23 Raven1,836 +United States1948-?
Aérospatiale Gazelle1,775France1967-1996
Sikorsky H-191,500+United StatesMade under licence in United Kingdom, France and Japan.1950-?
MBB Bo 1051,500Germany1967-2001
Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King1,300 +United StatesSikorsky S-61 family, also made by Westland, Agusta and Mitsubishi.1959-1970s
Aérospatiale Alouette II1,300France1956-1975
Bell 4071,100+United States1995–
Boeing CH-47 Chinook1,179 +[4]United States Built under licence by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Elicotteri Meridionali (Agusta).1962–present
Eurocopter EC1351,000 +[5]Germany1994–present

See also

References

  1. ↑ The MD Helicopters MD-500/530. Retrieved on January 16, 2008.
  2. ↑ AS350 Ecureuil. deagel.com
  3. ↑ Last U.S. Army Operational UH-1 Huey Gone.
  4. ↑ "CH-47D/F Chinook page". Boeing.
  5. ↑ Eurocopter officially hands over its 1,000th EC135 helicopter to the ADAC, 2011-07-21

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