It has been manufacturing aircraft using carbon fiber reinforced polymer since the 1970s.
Consequently they did not have the capacity to manufacture other aircraft.
Originally manufacturing aircraft, the company sought ways in which to diversify its business.
The ownership of the certificates gives Viking the exclusive right to manufacture new aircraft.
It was decided a company needed to be established to manufacture outsized aircraft.
The firm manufactures light aircraft of its own design and under license.
Grumman, which manufactures military aircraft, aerospace systems and other products, has 26,100 workers.
Azerbaijan has its own Defense Industry, which manufactures small arms and military aircraft.
Messerschmitt, temporarily not allowed to manufacture aircraft, had turned its resources to producing other products.
Bombardier has been manufacturing and testing commercial aircraft on the site since then.