Pegasus Helicopters chooses Plymouth, Tamar Science Park for UK Operations

Pegasus Helicopters, the firm behind a revolutionary new design of helicopter that fly’s without the need for a rear rotor, has chosen Tamar Science Park for its new office relocation in Plymouth from which to base its UK Operations.

Pegasus is an international aviation company, developing helicopters using a pressure jet technology that overcomes the torque effect of traditional helicopters and eliminating the need for a tail rotor to counter those effects.

Pegasus will be targeting both civilian and military markets and is well on the way to overcoming prejudice with some 655 orders already in hand according to its website.

The UK headquarters is headed by Pegasus chairman and non-executive director Chris McDonald-Drewitt – a former Master Mariner who graduated from Plymouth University. The company believes the market potential for its designs are “outstanding” in light of forecasts of a 50 per cent growth in the overall civil helicopter market through 2012 – and demand could well top 10,000 new helicopters by 2018. Anticipating the need to substantially increase the size of its operations with a new office design Plymouth in the future.

Bob Zummo chief executive of Pegasus, said: “Our new Operations Center on Tamar Science Park will serve as an international meeting ground for staff, customers and distributors.