By Boeing [BA] plans to conduct a flight demonstration with a CH-47D Chinook in the “next couple years” to see whether its heavy-lift helicopter could someday accommodate a new, more fuel-efficient and more powerful engine, a company official said Oct. 9.The “proof of concept” test, which Boeing is pursuing under a cooperative research and development agreement with General Electric [GE] and the U.S. Army, will use the new T408 engine, which GE is building for the Marine Corps’ new CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter,…
Boeing To Test New Engine On CH-47 Chinook
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