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Boeing Hails Stability, Expansion of Chinook Production Line As Advantages In CSAR-X Competition

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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

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RIDLEY PARK, Pa.--The production lines and suppliers Boeing [BA] already has in place for manufacturing the Army's Chinook helicopters will make its Combat, Search and Rescue (CSAR-X) helicopter offering a better value for the Air Force than that of its competitors, company representatives said this week. "We already have the supply base in place," Rick Lemaster, Boeing program manager for CSAR-X, told sister publication Defense Daily in an Aug. 5 interview the company's manufacturing facility here. "We are building three…

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