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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.〔"(Legal Notice and Disclaimer )." Airbus Helicopters. Retrieved on 24 January 2014. "()whose registered Office is located Aéroport International Marseille-Provence – 13725 Marignane Cedex – France"〕 The main facilities of Airbus Helicopters are at its headquarters in Marignane, France and in Donauwörth, Germany, with additional production plants in Brazil (Itajubá,MG), Australia, Spain and the United States. The company was renamed Airbus Helicopters on 2 January 2014.〔(Airbus Helicopters )〕 ==History== Airbus Helicopters, then named Eurocopter Group, was formed in 1992 through the merger of the helicopter divisions of Aérospatiale and Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG (DASA). The company's heritage traces back to Blériot and Lioré et Olivier in France and to Messerschmitt and Focke-Wulf in Germany.〔(Airbus Helicopters history )〕 Airbus Helicopters and its predecessor companies have established a wide range of helicopter 'firsts,' including the first production turboshaft-powered helicopter (the Aérospatiale 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).〔(The Helicopter land on Everest with video )〕 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 Donauwörth and Kassel in Germany), plus 32 subsidiaries and participants around the world, including those in Brisbane, Australia, Albacete, Spain and Grand Prairie, USA.〔(Airbus Helicopters – Spain )〕〔(Airbus Helicopters – Interactive Network Map )〕 As of 2014, more than 12,000 Airbus Helicopters were in service with over 3,000 customers in around 150 countries.〔(Airbus Helicopters – Who We are )〕 Eurocopter sold 422 helicopters in 2013 and delivered 497 helicopters that year.〔(Airbus Helicopters aims high with new branding and a strategic transformation )〕 In 2014, AH built a concrete cylinder for testing helicopters before first flight.〔(New dynamic testing method at Airbus brings helicopters to market quickly )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Airbus Helicopters」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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