Boeing's $240M Chinook Contract Ensures Delco Plant Operations Through 2030
Boeing claims to have secured a win $240 million contract To modernize an additional five Chinook helicopters for the U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command, which will extend tasks at the extensive manufacturing facility and technical center of the company located in Ridley Park. This agreement increases the total number of Chinook helicopters being refurbished by Boeing for the Army under the MH-47G Block II initiative to 51 units. According to Boeing, they anticipate delivering all these aircraft by the year 2030. Apart from Delaware County, the corporation has helicopter manufacturing plants located in Arizona as well. Although Chinooks have been in continuous service since the Vietnam War period, the Army has been rebuilding the heavy-lift helicopters To strengthen the airframes, enhance the fuel tanks, incorporate advanced avionics, and facilitate easier maintenance of the helicopters in the future. Over a dozen U.S. partners in East Asia and the Middle East...