American Eurocopter

Airbus Helicopters, Inc.

Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Aerospace
Founded	1969
Headquarters	Grand Prairie, Texas, United States
Key people	Chris Emerson, President of Airbus Helicopters, Inc. and Head of the North America Region
Products	Helicopters
Number of employees	780
Parent	Airbus Group, Inc.
Website	http://airbushelicoptersinc.com

Airbus Helicopters, Inc. (AHI) is a subsidiary of Airbus Group, Inc., the United States subsidiary of Airbus Group. Airbus Helicopters manufactures and markets a broad range of civil helicopters. With large facilities in Texas and Mississippi and service centers throughout the country, Airbus Helicopters, Inc. has a U.S. footprint of over 860,000 square feet and controls over 50% of the U.S. market.

The company's history goes back to the now-defunct LTV Corporation. In 1968, Vought Helicopter Inc. (VHI), a subsidiary of LTV, built a facility at the Grand Prairie Municipal Airport in Grand Prairie, Texas for the purpose of marketing helicopters to North America built by Aérospatiale, the French helicopter manufacturer. However, six years later Aérospatiale bought out VHI and took over its own marketing; two years later it changed VHI's name to Aérospatiale Helicopter Corporation (AHC). In 1980 AHC built its current Grand Prairie facility.

In 1992, DASA of Germany and Aérospatiale merged to form Eurocopter; AHC would become American Eurocopter.

In 2004, the facility in Columbus, Mississippi was opened and in 2006, became the manufacturing facility and home for the U.S. Army's the UH-72A Lakota helicopter. The company was renamed Airbus Helicopters, Inc. on January 2, 2014.

Airbus Helicopters produces helicopters at two production plants in the US.