
Boeing [BA] has received a $139.8 million contract to build four MH-47G Block II Chinook helicopters for U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command.The heavy-lift helicopters mark the start of Block II production for SOCOM that is expected to run into the late 2020s. The Army has 69 MH-47G Chinooks in operation and eventually will upgrade all of the highly classified aircraft to Block II configuration, an evolutionary upgrade package Boeing developed and is now producing under a $276 million contract…