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Army To Have First Three CH-47F Block IIs By Mid-2024, As Boeing Eyes Milestone C Decision Soon

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, November 13th, 2023

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Army To Have First Three CH-47F Block IIs By Mid-2024, As Boeing Eyes Milestone C Decision Soon

The first CH-47F Block II Chinook in final assembly at Boeing’s Ridley Park, PA facility. Photo: Matthew Beinart.

The Army is set to have the first three CH-47F Block II Chinook heavy-lift helicopters by around mid-2024, according to Boeing [BA], with the company still expecting a Milestone C decision before the end of the year to move the program into full-rate production. “I’m very optimistic they will make a decision and very optimistic that the Block II program will move forward,” Heather McBryan, Boeing Vertical Lift’s vice president and H-47 program manager, told Defense Daily. McBryan confirmed Boeing…

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