Rotorcraft
Kopter Selects Louisiana for U.S. Production and Service Center
The Swiss OEM will occupy a nearly 85,000-sq-ft facility in Lafayette, Louisiana, which was once intended to house the Bell 505 production line.

Swiss OEM Kopter selected Lafayette, Louisiana, as the location for its U.S. production and service facility, company CEO Andreas Löwenstein and Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) jointly announced on Tuesday morning at Heli-Expo 2019. Kopter is preparing to freeze the design on its large-cabin, single engine SH09 helicopter ahead of anticipated certification in the second quarter of 2020.