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Sikorsky Aircraft
Aircraft manufacturer in the United States
Sikorsky Aircraft is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Stratford, Connecticut.
It was established by the Russian aviation pioneer Igor Sikorsky in 1923, and was among the first companies to manufacture helicopters for civilian and military use. It also produced seaplanes for passenger transport and surface vehicles such as trains and boats.[4]
Sikorsky was owned by United Technologies Corporation until November 2015, when it was sold to Lockheed Martin.
History
On March 5, 1923, the Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corporation was founded near Roosevelt Field, New York, by Igor Sikorsky, an immigrant to the United States who was born in Kyiv, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire).[5][6] In 1925, the company name was changed to Sikorsky Manufacturing Company.[7] After the success of the S-38, the company was reorganized as the Sikorsky Aviation Corporation with