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Product Name: CH-47D/F Chinook
Product Description
The Chinook is a multi-mission, heavy-lift transport helicopter. Its
primary mission is to move troops, artillery, ammunition, fuel, water, barrier
materials, supplies and equipment on the battlefield. Its secondary missions
include medical evacuation, disaster relief, search and rescue, aircraft
recovery, fire fighting, parachute drops, heavy construction and civil
development.
Chinook helicopters were introduced in 1962 as the CH-47 Chinook, and models
A, B and C were deployed in Vietnam. As the product of a modernization program,
which included refurbishing existing CH-47s, the first CH-47Ds were delivered in
1982 and were produced until 1994. A central element in the Gulf War, they
continue to be the standard for the U.S. Army in the global campaign against
terrorism. Since its introduction 1,179 Chinooks have been built.
CH-47F Chinook
To extend the service life of the CH-47 beyond 2030, Boeing developed the
CH-47F in the mid-1990s and began production in 2003. Boeing is conducting major
cost reduction initiatives, which improve manufacturing processes and
affordability. The program features improvement aimed at reducing operating and
support costs; improving reliability, availability and maintainability (RAM);
and providing digital battlefield compatibility in communications and
navigation. The program included modernization of 394 existing CH-47Ds and
production of 17 new helicopters. The CH-47F Chinooks possess the following
capabilities and characteristics:
- Improved airframe structure to reduce vibration effects
- Structural enhancements in the cockpit, cabin, aft section, pylon and ramp
-- flexible paint system with corrosion preventive compounds
- Integrated cockpit control system -- Common Aviation Architecture System
-- Improved electrical, avionics and communication systems
- Improved Avionics with Digital Advanced Flight Control System --
Situational awareness and improved digital map display
- More powerful engines with digital fuel controls. Two turbine engine hubs,
each with a Textron Lycoming T55-L714 engine -- each with 4,900 SHP
- A maximum payload capacity of 21,500-pounds (Based on U.S. Army
requirements for the CH-47F)
- An operating range up to 329 nautical miles
- Modularized hydraulics and triple cargo hooks
- Composite, manual-folding, tandem-rotor blades with three blades per hub
CH-47D and Cargo Helicopter Airframe Procurement Support (CHAPS)
Currently, the U.S. Army and international countries operate over 600 CH-47D
Chinooks. This model will be operated and supported through 2018 by the U.S.
Army and Boeing until the CH-47F is in full production. The CHAPS program
provides for the sale of flight-ready CH-47D Chinooks under "Exchange and
Sales" regulations. Under this program, select D-Model Chinooks from the
U.S. Army fleet are available to military users and service organizations
worldwide providing them affordable aircraft fully capable and easily
up-gradable to include any future system provided in the CH-47D. CHAPS provides
countries affordable alternatives to more advanced aircraft and enables users to
support military operations, medical and disaster relief, search and rescue,
fire fighting and civil support with reliable, cost-efficient helicopters.
- Two turbine engine hubs, each with a Textron Lycoming T55-L714 engine
- Heavy payload capable
- Fully supportable and up-gradable.
- Affordable
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