The Army on Friday awarded Boeing [BA] a contract modification worth nearly $714 million for 26 remanufactured CH-47F Chinook helicopters, four new CH-47s and the option of building two more CH-47s.
The contract also provides for over, and above, appropriated funding and obligates long-lead funding for production Lot 14, according to a Defense Department statement. Estimated work completion date is Dec. 31, 2020.