Piasecki Aircraft is taking over the former Sikorsky plant in Coatesville.
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Piasecki has purchased the Chester County facility and is turning it into an advanced R&D center.
And Piasecki's new PA-890 helicopter, the world's first zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell rotorcraft, will be built and tested there as well.
The plant previously had been used by Sikorsky to produce that company's S-76 and S-92 helicopters.
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The ribbon cutting was Wednesday. The facility is expected to open its doors to employees in the fall.
It's a 219,000 square foot plant and it's estimated as many as 400 people will work there by 2028.
Piasecki Aircraft was founded in 1955 by Philadelphia native Frank Piasecki.