Boeing lands SOCOM order for six MH-47G Chinook

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By Ryan Finnerty | 11 December 2023

US airframer Boeing has secured a $271 million order from US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) for
additional MH-47G Block II Chinook helicopters.
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The CH-47 Block I Chinook variant is used by conventional US Army aviation units for heavy-lift and
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The deal for six MH-47G special-operations helicopters will help sustain Boeing’s Chinook Block II
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While the service is in the midst of a major modernisation of its aviation fleet, its focus until now has
upgrading utility-lift and reconnaissance assets through the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft and
Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft programmes.

The future of the army’s heavy-lift fleet remains uncertain.

Boeing is pitching the CH-47 Block II as the logical successor to the CH-47F Block I type currently in
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Service officials have said this year that they expected to make an decision regarding heavy-lift
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Congress appears poised to continue supporting the Chinook Block II production line, regardless of the
army’s decision.
Included in the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, currently under consideration, is $41 million
to support advanced procurement for Lot 5 production and nearly $380 million to purchase at least four
additional CH-47F Block II aircraft.

Boeing in July received what it expects to be the final CH-47 Block I contract, covering aircraft for South
Korea and Spain.

A separate $8.5 billion order from Germany approved in July covers 60 Block II Chinooks.

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