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HASC Member Presses Army on Supply Chain Impact of Delaying Chinook Block II Upgrades

HASC Member Presses Army on Supply Chain Impact of Delaying Chinook Block II Upgrades
CH-47 Chinook Helicopter. Photo: Boeing.

A House Armed Services Committee (HASC) member pushed the Army’s likely next chief of staff to consider the potential supply chain impact of delaying upgrades to the service’s CH-47F Chinook fleet at a hearing May 9. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.) questioned Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville on the potential impact of pushing off Block II upgrades to the Boeing [BA]-made heavy-life helicopter to the program’s down-chain industry suppliers. “If the Chinooks that are currently in service are…

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