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Boeing Expects Order For New CH-47 Chinook COOLS Floors

Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

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The Army plans a $10 million sole-source contract to Boeing [BA] for the production and delivery of 26 Cargo On-Off Loading Systems (COOLS) field evaluation kits with ballistic protection systems for certain CH-47 Chinook helicopter units, a service officer said. "The Cargo On/Off Load System (COOLS) replaces the current floor on the CH-47F. Iit includes rapidly reconfigurable flip-over rollers, a pallet locking system and sub-floor ballistic protection,” Lt. Col. Joe Hoecherl, product manager, CH-47 Modernization, said in an interview. “It…

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