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The U.S. Department of Defense and Boeing announced on 12 August a contract award for a further nine MH-47G Block II Chinooks for a cost of around US$265 million.

The US Army has awarded a $195 million contract to Boeing for six additional MH-47G Block II Chinook helicopters.

Boeing has secured a contract to build six additional MH-47G Block II Chinooks for the US Army Special Operations Aviation Command (USASOAC).

With greater lift and increased commonality, the Army’s heavy-lift helicopter just keeps getting better.

Boeing has secured a $136 million contract for the first four CH-47F Block II aircraft for the U.S. Army, with the option for a fifth.

On Sept. 21, Chinook operators around the world joined Boeing in celebrating the 60th anniversary of the first flight of the H-47 Chinook’s prototype, known as the YCH-1B.

Boeing is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the first flight of its H-47 Chinook multi-role military helicopter on Sept. 21, 1961.

17-May-2021 The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center (DEVCOM AvMC), Boeing and GE recently completed all the planned test points under a multi-year demonstration program of a U.S. Army NCH-47D Chinook helicopter powered by GE’s advanced T408 turboshaft engine. The success of this effort demonstrates how integration of more powerful engines on the H-47 Chinook could support future aircraft capability and Army Aviation modernization efforts while reducing...