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Avionics a Growing Part of Airbus Helicopters’ Business

By Woodrow Bellamy III

Monday, September 30th, 2019

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GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – The world of avionics was a wholly different realm–one of steam gauges–when Vought Helicopters started operations in 1969 with just 17 Alouette II and III helicopters and 43 employees. Today, that company, based here, has morphed into Airbus Helicopters North America with more than 3,100 aircraft–about 500 military and 2,600 civil–flying with nearly 800 operators. Examples of aircraft the company has built include more than 440 UH-72A Lakota helicopters for the U.S. Army, more than 100…

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