James Rugh News Today

In a move that elected officials say could keep the assembly line at the Boeing plant in Ridley Park, Pa., busy for 20 years, the U.S. Army has canceled a proposed attack helicopter by rivals Lockheed Sikorsky and Bell Textron and transferred funds to upgrade Boeings Chinook helicopters and smarter drones.

The Army that it is discontinuing work on the Future Attack and Reconnaissance Aircraft — often called scout helicopters — and shifting funds to speed a long-delayed upgrade of up to 425 Boeing Chinook CH-47s.

Chinook program, and 4,000 jobs, saved at Ridley Park plant, federal officials say