Thu, Jan 04, 2007
Deal Includes Newly Manufactured And Remanufactured
Choppers
Boeing inked a deal with the US Army on December 19, 2006 valued
at more than $1.5 billion for up to 66 CH-47F Chinook
helicopters.
The production contracts include 16 new-build CH-47Fs and nine
remanufactured CH-47Fs valued at $624 million. The contracts also
include options for 22 additional new-build CH-47Fs and 19
remanufactured CH-47Fs valued at more than $920 million. Aircraft
deliveries will begin in early 2008.
"These contract awards illustrate the Chinook's importance as a
multi-mission asset to the U.S. military," said Jack Dougherty,
director, H-47 Programs. "The CH-47F is central to the U.S. Army's
aviation modernization program and will remain in service for
decades to come."
"The contracts also reflect the need for the Chinook to support
our Army warfighters in meeting their tactical and combat support
missions around the world," said Ken Eland, CH-47F program
director. "We are extremely pleased with the Army's confidence in
Boeing to continue to build these magnificent helicopters."
As ANN reported, Boeing just
won a $10 billion contract to replace the USAF's search and rescue
chopper fleet with 141 of its HH-47 helicopters, a Chinook
variant. The USAF also uses another Chinook spinoff, the MH-47, for
special operations.
The CH-47F features a newly designed, modernized airframe and a
Rockwell Collins Common Avionics Architecture System advanced
digital cockpit to meet the needs of current and future
warfighters. The helicopter's advanced avionics provide improved
situational awareness for flight crews with an advanced digital map
display and a data transfer system that stores pre-flight and
mission data.
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