Sikorsky cabin projects moving to India, China
Helicopter manufacturer Sikor- sky is outsourcing more of its civil production to India and China while scaling down its partnership with Japan’s Mitsubish

Helicopter manufacturer Sikor- sky is outsourcing more of its civil production to India and China while scaling down its partnership with Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI). The company also announced that China’s AVIC subsidiary Changhe Aircraft has delivered the first S-76C++ airframe built in China and that India’s Tata Advanced Systems will be building S-92 cabins.

Changhe Aircraft completed its first S-76++ airframe in November, delivering it to Sikorsky’s U.S. facility for customization. Six airframes are to be handed over this year. “Then we’ll see how we split production between Changhe and Aero Vodochody,” Scott Pierce, Sikorsky’s vice president for Asian sales, told AIN. Until now,  Aero Vodochody has been the main source for S-76 airframes.

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