 In 1964 the remains of Heinkel, Focke Wulf and Weser Flugzeugbau merged to form VFW (and for a time, VFW-Fokker).The Speyer plants were then involved in production of the Transall C-160, building 169 of them.They also produced on parts for the UH-1 Iroquois and CH-53 Sea Stallion, produced under license by VFW.