Westland and the British Helicopter Industry, 1945-1960: Licensed Production versus Indigenous Innovation

Studies in Air Power

by Matthew R.H. Uttley

This study explains how Westland dominated British helicopter production and why government funding and support failed to generate competitive "all-British" alternatives. In doing so, the book evaluates broader historiographic assumptions about the purported "failure" of british aircraft procurement during the early post-war period and considers the scope and limitations of licensed production as a government-mandated procurement strategy.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published September 30, 2001