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Boeing Moves Forward With Chinook Block II Helicopter Tests

Boeing Moves Forward With Chinook Block II Helicopter Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
Boeing Moves Forward With Chinook Block II Helicopter Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event

Boeing has made progress in its program to develop the CH-47 Block II Chinook helicopters with recent flight testing, National Defense Magazine reported Thursday.

The first of the aircraft underwent flight tests totaling over 10 hours in duration last month, said Andy Builta, vice president of cargo and utility helicopters at Boeing, who manages the H-47 program. Boeing pursues the program in support of the U.S. Army.

Randy Rotte, director of global sales and marketing for cargo utility and future vertical lift at Boeing, said the tests started with low-gross weights and incrementally used heavier ones.

The second Block II Chinook unit joins the first in the program’s engineering and manufacturing development phase that will continue over the next nine months.

“We’re increasing the pace of flight tests as we add in the second aircraft,” Builta told reporters.

Tests with the first unit have so far rendered Boeing's expected results.

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Written by Nichols Martin

a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, produces articles on the federal government's technology and business interests. The coverage of these articles include government contracting, cybersecurity, information technology, health care and national security.

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