Boeing Rotorcraft Systems

Boeing Rotorcraft Systems
Company typePublic
IndustryRotorcraft aviation
Founded1960; 64 years ago (1960) as Boeing Vertol
Headquarters,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Websitewww.boeing.com/defense/rotorcraft/
Boeing Vertol CH-47 Chinook

Boeing Rotorcraft Systems (formerly Boeing Helicopters and before that Boeing Vertol) is the former name of an American aircraft manufacturer, now known as Vertical Lift division of Boeing Defense, Space & Security.

The headquarters and main rotorcraft factory is in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. Production of Apache attack helicopters in Mesa, Arizona, formerly part of Rotorcraft Systems, is now under the Global Strike Division of Boeing Military Aircraft.