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New CH-47F Floor In Tests

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, October 16th, 2012

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HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD, Ga.--Boeing [BA] is validating a new floor for the CH-47 Chinook helicopter called the Cargo On Off Logistics System, or COOLS, a company official said. COOLS would replace the current floor on the CH-47F, and includes rapidly reconfigurable flip-over rollers, a pallet locking system and sub-floor ballistic protection. It is similar, but not the same as the floor on a C-17 aircraft. “We’re test flying COOLS because it’s a new floor, because it’s different, and we’re validating that it…

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