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Boeing Awarded $240 Million To Deliver Five More MH-47G Block II Chinooks

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, March 27th, 2025

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Boeing Awarded $240 Million To Deliver Five More MH-47G Block II Chinooks

MH-47G. Photo: Boeing.

Boeing [BA] has received a $240 million contract covering delivery of five MH-47G Block II Chinook heavy-lift aircraft for U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command (USASOAC), the company said on Thursday. Deliveries of the remanufactured MH-47G Block II aircraft, upgraded from the Block I configuration, are scheduled to begin in 2027. “Supporting the needs of our special operators continues to be critically important,” Heather McBryan, Boeing’s vice president and program manager of cargo programs, said in a statement. “USASOAC has…

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