
Concerned that canceling Block II upgrades for the Army’s CH-47F Chinook helicopters could harm Boeing [BA] and its supply chain, the House Armed Services Committee wants to more than double program funding next fiscal year. The Army requested $18.2 million in advanced procurement for the CH-47F Block II upgrade program in its fiscal 2020 budget submission to Congress. HASC wants to bump that to $46.2 million and calls on the Secretary of the Army by Sept. 2 to report “on…