Chinook Product Improvement Program

Abstract

The CH-47 Chinook is the Army's only heavy lift helicopter and is an essential element of the Army Aviation portfolio strategy. This program budget activity funds improvements to the CH-47F System that include the transition from individual Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) to a CH-47F Block II program of record. Engineering/Manufacturing Design (EMD) contract awarded July 2017. EMD phase will produce three production representative test articles to support a Milestone C decision in 4th quarter FY 2021. Additionally, funding supports: continued development and testing of the Advanced Chinook Rotor Blades (ACRB) to increase lift in high/hot conditions, and improvements to flight control and drive train components to increase aircraft performance and reduce Operation and Support (O&S) costs.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2019
Source ID
0607137A_7_2040_PB_2019
Change Summary Explanation
FY 2017 funds have been adjusted -.450 million for GP SEC 8025 FFRDC -3.489 SBR/STTR FY 2019 program increase for 26.698 million for Block II EMD and Test and Evaluation efforts
Service Agency Name
Army

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Army Aviation
  • Contracts
  • Costs
  • Engineering
  • Fatigue Tests (Mechanics)
  • Helicopters
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Product Development
  • Production
  • Program Management
  • Simulators
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

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