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HASC More Than Doubles Chinook Block II Funding

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HASC More Than Doubles Chinook Block II Funding
An MH-47G Chinook (Boeing Photo)

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…

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