The New Chinooks: Boeing’s Modern H-47 Heavy-Lift Helicopters

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• Discussion of upgraded features and systems to the CH-47F, including Honeywell’s T55-GA-714A engine, internal auxiliary fuel tanks, digital mapping and data transfer, the CAAS cockpit design, and changes to the production process.
• A look at extended operational features of the special forces MH-47G
• Links to deeper discussion of the GAO decision to reopen the CSAR-X contract bid among Sikorsky’s HH-92 Superhawk, Lockheed Martin’s EH101 variant, and Boeing’s HH-47F Chinook
• Coverage of an instance of sabotage at a Boeing facility.
• Links to deeper discussion of the GAO decision to reopen the CSAR-X contract bid among Sikorsky’s H-92 Superhawk, Lockheed Martin’s US101, and Boeing’s HH-47F Chinook.
• More DII Coverage including: “CSAR-X: And Boeing Makes One,” HH-47 Wins $10B Competition” “Dutch Looking to Field CH-47F Chinooks” and “Let’s Stay Engaged: CH-47D Chinooks for Canada’s Afghan Mission” “GAO re: CSAR-X Re-Compete the Contract!”
• 9 photos of the helicopter in action.

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