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Boeing Adds $26 Million To Saudi CH-47F Sales Contract

Tuesday, May 29th, 2018

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Boeing Adds $26 Million To Saudi CH-47F Sales Contract

First Multiyear II CH-47F delivered to the Army Photo: Boeing

Boeing [BA] has sealed a $26 million deal with Saudi Arabia for eight CH-47F Chinook heavy lift helicopters, adding to the contracts the company has inked with the Royal Saudi Land Forces under a multi-billion-dollar foreign military sales program.On May 25, the U.S. Army awarded Boeing the $26 million contract for eight new-build Chinooks in the most up-to-date configuration. Work will be performed at the company’s CH-47 manufacturing plant outside Philadelphia through July 2021.The contract modification is part of a…

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