Army revives Boeing's Chinook helicopter project
The Army said it is discontinuing work on the Future Attack and Reconnaissance Aircraft and shifting funds toward upgrades of up to 425 Boeing Chinook CH-47s.
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The Army said it is discontinuing work on the Future Attack and Reconnaissance Aircraft and shifting funds toward upgrades of up to 425 Boeing Chinook CH-47s.
The U.S. Army is canceling development of its Future Attack and Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) next-gen scout helicopter program.
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 Boeing's 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.
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