RIDLEY PARK, Pa.--Boeing [BA] is undertaking a "beyond Block II" effort for its CH-47F Chinooks, including a testing program this year of two General Electric [GE] 7,500 horsepower T408 engines--2,500 horsepower more than the current Honeywell [HON] T55 engines. The GE-Boeing-Army engine effort is proceeding under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) that began in 2016. "We're pretty far along in the modifications of the aircraft," said Chuck Dabundo, the Boeing H-47 program manager, at the company's pre-Paris Air Show media…
