List of aircraft manufacturers (B–C)
This list contains aircraft manufacturers with names beginning with the letters B through C. It includes companies that design, produce, or have historically produced aircraft. The list encompasses manufacturers of fixed-wing aircraft (airplanes), rotorcraft (helicopters), and other types of heavier-than-air flying machines. It is not exhaustive and may include entries for companies involved in related industries, such as engine manufacturing or component production, if they were also significant aircraft producers.
B
- BAC (British Aircraft Corporation) - A major British aircraft manufacturer formed in 1960 by the merger of English Electric, Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft), Bristol Aeroplane Company.
- BAE Systems - A British multinational defence, security, and aerospace company.
- Ballanger-Roland - French manufacturer of microlight aircraft.
- Barnett Rotorcraft - An American kit-built helicopter manufacturer.
- Bartel - A Polish aircraft manufacturer active between the World Wars.
- Baumgartl - An Austrian autogyro manufacturer.
- Bede Aircraft - An American aircraft designer and manufacturer, known for kit-built aircraft.
- Beechcraft - An American manufacturer of general aviation aircraft, now part of Textron Aviation.
- Beijing Aviation Technology - A Chinese aircraft manufacturer.
- Belanca Aircraft Corporation - An American aircraft manufacturer.
- Bell Aircraft Corporation - An American aircraft manufacturer famous for its helicopters and fighter aircraft, later Bell Helicopter Textron.
- Bellanca - An American aircraft company originally founded by Giuseppe Mario Bellanca.
- Bendix - An American engineering and manufacturing company which produced aircraft parts
- Beriev - A Russian aircraft manufacturer specializing in amphibious aircraft.
- Bertin Technologies - A French company which has studied several types of aircraft
- Best Off - A German ultralight aircraft manufacturer.
- Bharat Dynamics Limited - An Indian defence company that manufactures the Lakshya PTA (Pilotless Target Aircraft).
- Blackburn Aircraft - A British aircraft manufacturer.
- Blériot Aéronautique - A French aircraft manufacturer founded by Louis Blériot.
- Blohm & Voss - A German shipbuilding and engineering company that also manufactured aircraft during World War II.
- Boeing - A major American aerospace company and the world's largest aircraft manufacturer.
- Bölkow - A German aerospace manufacturer, later part of Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB).
- Bombardier Aerospace - A Canadian multinational aerospace manufacturer.
- Bowers - American aircraft designer
- BPM - A Russian aircraft manufacturer.
- Bratukhin - A Soviet helicopter designer.
- Breda - An Italian engineering company which manufactured aircraft.
- Breguet Aviation - A French aircraft manufacturer.
- Brewster Aeronautical Corporation - An American aircraft manufacturer during World War II.
- Bristol Aeroplane Company - A British aircraft manufacturer.
- British Aerospace - A British aerospace company, later part of BAE Systems.
- British Aircraft Corporation - A British manufacturer, later part of British Aerospace.
- British Klemm Aeroplane Company - A British aircraft manufacturer
- Brombacher Flugzeugbau - A German aircraft manufacturer.
- Brändli - A Swiss aircraft manufacturer.
- Burnelli - An American engineer who designed lifting-body aircraft.
- Burt Rutan (Scaled Composites) - An American aerospace engineer known for his innovative aircraft designs.
C
- CAAC (Civil Aviation Administration of China) - A Chinese government agency responsible for civil aviation. Although primarily a regulator, they have been involved in aircraft development.
- CAC (Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation) - An Australian aircraft manufacturer.
- CAC (Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation) - A Chinese aircraft manufacturer.
- CAIGA (China Aviation Industry General Aircraft) - A Chinese aircraft manufacturer.
- CAMS (Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine) - A French manufacturer of seaplanes.
- Canadair - A Canadian aircraft manufacturer, now part of Bombardier Aerospace.
- CANT (Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico) - An Italian shipbuilding and aircraft company.
- Caproni - An Italian aircraft manufacturer.
- CASA (Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA) - A Spanish aircraft manufacturer, now part of Airbus Defence and Space.
- Cessna - An American manufacturer of general aviation aircraft, now part of Textron Aviation.
- CFE (Costruzioni Ferroviarie Elettrice) - An Italian aircraft manufacturer.
- Chance Vought - An American aircraft manufacturer, later Vought.
- Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation - A Chinese helicopter manufacturer.
- Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation - A Chinese aircraft manufacturer.
- Christen Industries - An American aircraft manufacturer known for the Christen Eagle aerobatic biplane.
- Cirrus Aircraft - An American manufacturer of general aviation aircraft.
- Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) - While primarily a regulatory body, the CAAC has overseen and been involved in aircraft development projects in China.
- Comac (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China) - A Chinese state-owned aerospace manufacturer.
- Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) - An Australian aircraft manufacturer.
- Comper Aircraft Company - A British aircraft manufacturer.
- Consolidated Aircraft - An American aircraft manufacturer, later part of Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation (Convair).
- Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation (Convair) - An American aircraft manufacturer formed by the merger of Consolidated Aircraft and Vultee Aircraft.
- Continental Motors, Inc. - An American aircraft engine manufacturer that also briefly produced complete aircraft.
- Convair - (Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation).
- Cosmos Engineering - A British aircraft manufacturer.
- Cricri - See Colomban.
- CubCrafters - An American manufacturer of light sport aircraft.
- Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company - An early American aircraft manufacturer.
- Curtiss-Wright Corporation - An American aircraft manufacturer formed by the merger of Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company and Wright Aeronautical.
- CZAW (Czech Aircraft Works) - A Czech aircraft manufacturer.