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Boeing Eyes Another CH-47F Block II Add For FY ‘24, ‘Apprehensive’ If Milestone C Slips Past FY ‘26

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, April 27th, 2023

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Boeing Eyes Another CH-47F Block II Add For FY ‘24, ‘Apprehensive’ If Milestone C Slips Past FY ‘26

CH-47F Block II. (Photo: U.S. Army)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Boeing [BA] is confident Congress will once again add additional funding for fiscal year 2024 to produce a small number of CH-47F Block II Chinook heavy-lift aircraft while the Army nears its decision on moving to full-rate production, a lead program official said Thursday. “Affirmative, yes,” Ken Eland, Boeing’s vice president and H-47 program manager, said when asked whether the company expects another congressional plus-up in FY ‘24 for CH-47F Block II. “We’ve talked through with [Congress] that…

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Hegseth Says DoD Open To Reviewing Army’s Planned Cuts To Legacy Helicopter Procurement

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