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Army Orders 11 New Boeing Chinook Helicopters

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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

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The Army awarded Boeing [BA] $280.5 million for 11 new CH-47 Chinook helicopters, increasing the number of new Chinooks on contract to 59, the company said last month. "This new contract award represents a long-term commitment to supporting our warfighters," Ken Eland, Boeing CH-47F program director, said in a Feb. 27 statement. "Our commitment is to continue the high level of quality and performance we established in 2007." Deliveries on the new order begin in 2011. Since Boeing unveiled the…

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