founded 1992 ; 24 years ago 1992 headquarters marseille provence airport marignane france key people guillaume faury ceo products helicopters revenue 6.3 billion 2013 number of employees 23 000 parent airbus group subsidiaries subsidiaries website airbushelicopters.com airbus helicopters formerly eurocopter group is the helicopter manufacturing division of airbus group . it is the largest in the industry in terms of revenues and turbine helicopter deliveries . its head office is located at marseille provence airport in marignane france near marseille . 1 the main facilities of airbus helicopters are at its headquarters in marignane france and in donauw rth germany with additional production plants in brazil itajub mg australia spain and the united states . the company was renamed airbus helicopters on 2 january 2014 . 2 contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit airbus helicopters was formed in 1992 as eurocopter group through the merger of the helicopter divisions of a rospatiale and dasa . the company s heritage traces back to bl riot and lior et olivier in france and to messerschmitt and focke wulf in germany . 3 as350 ba ecureuil airbus helicopters and its predecessor companies have established a wide range of helicopter firsts including the first production turboshaft powered helicopter the a rospatiale alouette ii of 1955 ; the introduction of the fenestron shrouded tail rotor on the gazelle of 1968 ; the first helicopter certified for full flight in icing conditions the as332 super puma in 1984 ; the first production helicopter with a fly by wire control system the nhindustries nh90 first flown in full fbw mode in 2003 ; the first helicopter to use a fly by light primary control system an ec135 testbed first flown in 2003 ; and the first ever landing of a helicopter on mt. everest achieved by an as350 b3 in 2005 . 4 5 6 eurocopter logo before rebranding to airbus helicopters as a consequence of the merger of airbus helicopters former parents in 2000 the firm is now a wholly owned subsidiary of airbus group . the creation of what was then called eads in 2000 also incorporated casa of spain which itself had a history of helicopter related activities dating back to talleres loring including local assembly of the bo105 . today airbus helicopters has four main plants in europe marignane and la courneuve in france and donauw rth and kassel in germany plus 32 subsidiaries and participants around the world including those in brisbane australia albacete spain and grand prairie usa . 7 8 as of 2014 more than 12 000 airbus helicopters were in service with over 3 000 customers in around 150 countries . 9 eurocopter sold 422 helicopters in 2013 and delivered 497 helicopters that year . 10 in 2014 ah built a concrete cylinder for testing helicopters before first flight . 11 10 july 2000 1 december 2006 1 april 2009 17 september 2010 17 january 2014 27 may 2015 european aeronautic defence and space company nv airbus group nv airbus group se airbus airbus military airbus defence and space eads defence and security cassidian eads astrium eurocopter group airbus helicopters v t e products edit as332 super puma when the division changed its name from eurocopter group to airbus helicopters in 2014 the trade names of the products were changed applied by 1 january 2016 to reflect this . suffixes as well as the differentiation for single or twin engines were no longer to be used . military versions were to be symbolized by the letter m. the only exceptions to this new branding were the as350 b2 as635 and 565 the ec145e the as332 and 532 the tiger and the nh90 which will keep their current names . 12 previous trade name new trade name description civil military civil military ec120 b h120 as350 b2 as350 b2 as350 b3e h125 as550 c3e h125m ec130 t2 h130 ec135 t3 p3 h135 ec635 t2e p2e h135m ec145e ec145 ec145 t2 h145 ec645 t2 h145m as365 n3 as365 n3 as565 mbe as565 mbe ec155 b1 h155 x4 h160 ec175 h175 as332 c1e as332 c1e as332 l1e as332 l1e as532 ale as532 ale ec225e h225 ec725 h225m nh90 nh90 tigre ec665 tiger nh90 tactical transport helicopter tth ec135 t2 ec145 ec120 colibri tiger arh as332 super puma medium sized twin engined transport utility helicopter as350 ecureuil astar light single engine utility helicopter as355 ecureuil 2 twinstar light twin engine utility helicopter as365 dauphin medium weight multipurpose twin engine helicopter as532 cougar twin engined medium weight multipurpose helicopter as550 fennec & as555 fennec 2 single and twin engined light weight multipurpose helicopters as565 panther military medium weight multipurpose twin engine helicopter ec120 colibri with harbin aircraft manufacturing corporation 5 seat single engine single main rotor light helicopter ec130 light single engine wide body helicopter ec135 light twin engine civil helicopter ec145 twin engine intermediate utility helicopter ec155 long range medium lift passenger transport helicopter h160 x4 twin medium helicopter in development to replace the as365 and ec155 models ec175 medium sized twin engined transport utility helicopter ec225 super puma long range passenger transport helicopter ec635 military light multi purpose helicopter ec645 military intermediate multi purpose helicopter eurocopter uh 72 lakota light utility helicopter in operation with the u.s. army and navy ec665 tiger dedicated military attack helicopter ec725 cougar long range tactical transport helicopter hh mh 65c d dolphin medium sized search & rescue and drug interdiction helicopter nhindustries nh90 medium sized twin engine multi role military fly by wire helicopter via 62.5 % share in nhi joint venture kai kuh 1 surion medium sized twin engined transport utility helicopter developed in cooperation with korea aerospace industries kai x rotorcraft hybrid helicopter with two forward propellers which achieved a 255 knot speed milestone in level flight in june 2011 . 13 x6 two year concept study into the possible launch of an 11.5 t helicopter to replace the h225 . 14 15 some of the helicopters were renamed in 2015 resembling airbus airplane naming . 16 note on airbus helicopters aircraft designed in france the main rotor turns clockwise when viewed from above in common with rotorcraft deriving from russia . airbus helicopters products developed in germany have a main rotor which turns counter clockwise when viewed from above in common with american rotorcraft . references edit legal notice and disclaimer . airbus helicopters . retrieved on 24 january 2014 . ... whose registered office is located a roport international marseille provence 13725 marignane cedex france airbus helicopters airbus helicopters history landing on air . national geographic adventure . 1 september 2005 . retrieved 24 june 2009 . the helicopter land on everest with video french everest mystery chopper s utopia summit . mounteverest.net . 27 may 2005 . airbus helicopters spain airbus helicopters interactive network map airbus helicopters who we are airbus helicopters aims high with new branding and a strategic transformation new dynamic testing method at airbus brings helicopters to market quickly http www.airbushelicopters.com w1 jrotor 100 sources projet pdfs page7.pdf eurocopter s x3 hybrid helicopter makes aviation history in achieving a speed milestone of 255 knots during level flight paris airbus helicopters launches x6 concept phase . 2015 06 16 . retrieved 2016 07 08 . https www.airbushelicopters.com website en press airbus helicopters launches x6 concept phase setting the standard for the future in heavy lift rotorcraft 1771.html . www.airbushelicopters.com . retrieved 2016 07 08 . external link in title help airbus renames fleet . vertical magazine . april 2015 . p. 36 . retrieved 11 april 2015 . external links edit europe portal france portal companies portal wikimedia commons has media related to airbus helicopters . official airbus helicopters website helibras airbus helicopters timeline at helis.com v t e aircraft of the airbus group fixed wing civil airbus a300 a300 beluga a310 a320 family a318 a319 a320 a321 a320neo family a330 a340 a350 xwb a380 e fan experimental a330neo in development nsr proposed airbus corporate jets military airbus defence and space a310 mrtt cc 150 polaris a330 mrtt a400m c212 cn235 c295 hc 144 mako heat defunct kc 45 proposed eurofighter typhoon helicopters airbus helicopters civil bk 117 ec120 h120 ec130 h130 ec135 h135 ec145 h145 ec155 h155 h160 ec175 h175 ec225 h225 as332 h215 as350 h125 as355 sa as365 x3 experimental military as532 as550 h125m as555 as565 ec635 h135m ec645 h145m ec665 ec725 h225m hh mh 65 nh90 uh 72 european union portal aviation portal v t e airbus group units airbus airbus defence and space airbus group inc. airbus helicopters stelia aerospace people denis ranque tom enders former units euroflag airbus military astrium cassidian eads casa eurocopter other european union defence procurement competition between airbus 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