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Boeing Awarded $793.4 Million For CH-47F Block I FMS Deliveries, Germany OKs $8.5 Billion Block II Deal

Boeing Awarded $793.4 Million For CH-47F Block I FMS Deliveries, Germany OKs $8.5 Billion Block II Deal
A CH-47F Block I Chinook helicopter with 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade maneuvers to pick up an M119A3 howitzer during sling load operations on Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army

Boeing [BA] has received a $793.4 million deal to build 18 CH-47F Block I Chinook heavy-lift helicopters for South Korea and one aircraft for Spain, while Germany on Wednesday approved its potential deal worth over $8 billion for 60 of the upgraded Block II aircraft. The German government will now sign and return a Letter of Acceptance for the CH-47F Block II foreign military sale, which will then allow the U.S. government to begin work with Boeing on a contract…

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