Mon, Nov 07, 2011
2nd Multiyear Helicopter Contract Could Mean Substantial
Savings For Government, Taxpayers, Company Says
A proposal for a multiyear contract for the production and
delivery of 155 CH-47F helicopters has been submitted to the U.S.
Army by Boeing.
"This second multiyear contract proposal will provide not only
the vertical lift capability that warfighters use and need every
day, but also will generate hundreds of millions of dollars in
savings for taxpayers and the U.S. government," said Leanne Caret,
Boeing vice president, H-47 Programs. "With this contract Boeing,
and its partners in more than 45 states, will be able to negotiate
longer-term agreements with suppliers, make necessary investments
in production tooling and processes, and more effectively plan for
capital expenditures."
The H-47 program is halfway through its first multiyear
contract, awarded in August 2008, for 191 CH-47F Chinook aircraft
and originally valued at $4.3 billion. This second five-year, firm
fixed-price proposal would provide the Army with close to the full
complement of 464 Chinooks outlined in the Department of Defense
program of record for the CH-47F helicopter. The new contract will
yield double-digit percentage savings over a single-year
procurement strategy.
Since completing the first CH-47F production aircraft in August
2006, Boeing has trained and equipped eight U.S. Army units and is
in the process of equipping the ninth. Six units have completed
deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, where the helicopter has
logged nearly 70,000 flight hours and maintained an operational
readiness rate of over 85 percent conducting air assault,
transport, medical evacuations and support operations.
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