{"id":51581,"date":"2020-07-31T21:24:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T21:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/07\/31\/boeing-wins-265-million-to-build-more-special-ops-chinook-helos\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:11:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:11:49","slug":"boeing-wins-265-million-to-build-more-special-ops-chinook-helos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/07\/31\/boeing-wins-265-million-to-build-more-special-ops-chinook-helos\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing wins $265 million to build more special ops Chinook helos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Army has awarded Boeing a $265 million contract to build nine more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2018\/10\/08\/boeing-is-readying-chinooks-for-the-future-fight-but-is-the-effort-in-jeopardy\/\" target=_blank>MH-47G Block II Chinook helicopters<\/a> for the service\u2019s Special Operations Aviation Command, according to a July 31 Defense Department contract announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company is now under contract to build 24 of the G-model Chinooks. The service is expected to buy 69 special operations variants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The original plan was to procure 473 F-model Block II helicopters for the active force as well, but the Army decided in its fiscal 2020 budget request <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/federal-budget\/2019\/03\/14\/army-plans-to-stop-building-newest-ch-47-variant-in-fy20-except-for-special-ops\/\" target=_blank>not to buy them for the conventional force<\/a> and only field the latest variant to special operations, which was very much in need of a replacement for the variant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/aaaa\/2019\/04\/17\/what-will-be-the-fate-of-the-chinook-even-the-army-isnt-sure\/\" target=_blank>decision to cut the aircraft<\/a> from the active force was based on the need to free up future cash to cover the cost of a plan to buy two new future vertical lift aircraft for long-range assault and attack reconnaissance missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2019\/06\/25\/will-foreign-sales-save-the-chinook-production-line\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ChinookDustLanding.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Will foreign sales save the Chinook production line?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Army hopes to mint more deals for the Chinook abroad to make up for cuts of the latest variant&#039;s planned production total. 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Boeing also received contracts in 2018 and 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army approved the Block II effort to move into the engineering and manufacturing development phase in April 2017, and the program officially began in July 2017. The aircraft began flying in tests in mid-2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The upgrades in the Block II version include newly designed rotorblades, major changes to the drive system and other improvements like non-segmented fuel cells. 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