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Army Expects May Award of Second Multi-Year CH-47F Contract

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, April 12th, 2013

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Army Expects May Award of Second Multi-Year CH-47F Contract

The Army is on schedule to award in May a second multi-year (MYII) production contract for the CH-47F heavy-lift helicopter to prime contractor Boeing [BA], program officials said. “Everyone wants more of them sooner” is what program office and contractor personnel hear from after action reviews with returning deployed units, and from interested foreign military sales customers. The CH-47F is often called: “The ultimate machine.” “Working with Boeing we achieved our negotiating settlement in December, it was about $810 million…

Congress

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Space

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Congress

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Pentagon

Hegseth Acknowledges Potential $200 Billion Iran Supplemental Request, Final Figure ‘Could Move’

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