Fri, Nov 10, 2006
The Boeing Company's
HH-47 helicopter has been selected by the US Air Force as the
winner of the Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) program
competition.
"The CSAR award is a vote of confidence by the Air Force in the
ability of Boeing to provide them the rotorcraft they need for this
very important mission," said Jim Albaugh, president and chief
executive officer of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. "Backed by
our decades of experience in rotorcraft design, production and
systems integration, the HH-47 will rapidly deploy versatile rescue
capability to even the most challenging combat rescue
situations."
The CSAR program calls for initial operational capability of the
HH-47 aircraft in 2012. Under the program, which is valued at up to
$10 billion, Boeing will build 141 production aircraft and four
test aircraft at its Rotorcraft Systems manufacturing facility in
Ridley Park, Pa., also home to the MH-47G Special Operations and
CH-47F Chinook programs.
"Boeing is delighted that the Air Force has selected the HH-47
for its new Combat Search and Rescue platform," said Mike Tkach,
vice president and general manager of Boeing Rotorcraft Systems.
"We believe our proposal provided the best combination of
capability and cost."
"We are ready to produce and deliver this outstanding aircraft
to the Air Force, on-time and on-cost," said Rick Lemaster, CSAR
program manager.
CSAR-X is a U.S. Air Force initiative to procure more capable
and survivable aircraft able to recover isolated personnel from
hostile or denied territory. The tandem rotor, heavy-lift,
high-altitude HH-47 is based on the CH/MH-47 Chinook transport
helicopter, with performance capabilities that have been widely
demonstrated in the ongoing global war on terrorism and in numerous
U.S. and international humanitarian relief operations.
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