U.K. Contracts Boeing For Chinook Digital Flight Control Upgrade

Credit: Aviation Week
LONDON—The U.K. defense ministry has signed a £150 million ($224 million) deal to further upgrade the Royal Air Force’s (RAF) fleet of Chinook helicopters, this time with a Digital Automatic Flight Control System (DAFCS). The unannounced contract, signed back in December, builds on the defense...
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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