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Mod Center Provides Last Step Before CH-47F Chinook Fielding

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

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MILLVILLE, N.J. –The last step for a Boeing [BA] CH-47F Chinook helicopter off the production line is a stop at the facility here to add final Army-mandated modifications, before fielding to its new unit, an official said. “Our input is the factory output--my rate is predicated on their rate,” said Sebastian Arrigo, Site Manager-Millville for Boeing. Right now, four helicopters come off the line every month, so the Millville site also processes four helicopters a month. That will change in…

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