This story was updated Oct. 11, 2023, at 1:02 p.m. EST to include a more detailed job title for Douglas Sanders. WASHINGTON ­— The U.S. Army is nearing a final decision on whether and how much to ...
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The Boeing CH-47 Chinook, introduced in 1962, is far more than a legendary heavy-lift helicopter known for transporting ...
Shares of Boeing Co. (BA) traded in the green on Thursday after the company announced it won a $240 million contract from the U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command (USASOAC) to remanufacture ...
The global aerospace company said Thursday it will remanufacture five units of the MH-47G Block II Chinook heavy-lift helicopters as part of the Army’s modernization efforts focused on integrating ...
On Monday, Boeing Philadelphia celebrated as the first production CH-47 F Block II Chinook helicopter reached the final assembly phase of production. Officials held an event on the factory floor with ...
Boeing (NYSE: BA) will manufacture a dozen CH-47F Chinook helicopters for the Egyptian air force under a $426 million contract from the U.S. Army to address a foreign military sale requirement.
Boeing plans to cautiously restart the CH-47 Chinook helicopter production line May 15, after shutting it down May 13 following the discovery of what the company is calling irregularities in two ...
Aircrews and maintenance personnel with the 5th Battalion, 159th General Support Aviation (5th, 159th) Battalion of Fort Eustis, Va., brought four CH-47 Chinook helicopters to support training in the ...
Wednesday was an important day for workers at Boeing’s Ridley plant as the company announced they were awarded a contract to produce 18 new build Chinook helicopters for South Korea and one for Spain.
Helicopters are, by design, kind of quirky aircraft, but on the scale of strangeness there's nothing more so than the CH-47 Chinook, the so-called king of pinnacle landings. And not even the most ...
The Dothan Regional Airport took part in a memorial celebration as an airplane previously used by Flight Safety was retired to Fort Rucker. The aircraft was officially retired because it had reached ...
WASHINGTON ­— The U.S. Army is nearing a final decision on whether and how much to invest in Chinook Block II helicopter upgrades, and it’s committed to buying a new engine and the latest software ...