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Army Puts Boeing On Contract For Seven More Special Ops Chinooks

Thursday, June 13th, 2019

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Army Puts Boeing On Contract For Seven More Special Ops Chinooks

An MH-47G Chinook (Boeing Photo)

U.S. Special Operations Command on July 12 awarded Boeing [BA] a $194 million contract to build a second lot of MH-47G Block II Chinooks. The award is a modification to the contract Boeing already holds for building SOCOM versions of the heavylift helicopters. The new deal covers six renew-build and one new-build aircraft to be delivered starting in 2021, according to a Defense Department contract announcement. “This action is required to sustain U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) heavy assault, rotary…

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