UK Chinook Purchase Back On Track After Three-Year Deferral

Tony Osborne March 14, 2024

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Credit: Tony Osborne/Aviation Week
LONDON–The UK defense ministry has finalized a deal with Boeing to buy 14 MH-47G Chinook helicopters after having deferred the purchase for three years. Fourteen Block II standard MH-47Gs will be procured, Defense Minister Grant Shapps confirmed March 14 as part of an effort to modernize the UK...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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