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Boeing: Army Commitment Remains For CH-47F Block II, Anticipate Milestone C This Year

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, May 15th, 2025

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Boeing: Army Commitment Remains For CH-47F Block II, Anticipate Milestone C This Year

Boeing conducts the first flight with a production CH-47F Block II Chinook on April 8, 2024. Photo: Boeing.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Amid the Army’s unfolding transformation plan, a Boeing [BA] official said Thursday the service’s commitment remains on intending to moving ahead with the Block II version of CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopter. Heather McBryan, Boeing’s vice president and program for cargo helicopter programs, told Defense Daily the company still anticipates that a Milestone C decision for the program is likely to be made this year. “We have been supporting them very closely as they march toward Milestone C,” McBryan…

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