The U.K. has ordered 14 Boeing -built (NYSE: BA) Chinook military helicopters from the U.S. through a 10-year, $2 billion foreign military sales transaction .
The British defense ministry said Thursday it expects to receive extended-range H-47 aircraft beginning in 2026 and will add the new platform to an existing Chinook fleet at the Royal Air Force Odiham station in England.
Chinook’s ER version is designed to operate at a maximum speed of 186 miles per hour and equipped with a modern airframe, a digital cockpit and an automatic flight control system.
The FMS deal, which covers development and production services over the next decade, is part of the U.K. military’s $119 billion modernization plan.
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Andrej Danko previously served at ServiceNow, Productboard, CEAI, Merlon Intelligence and SAP.
Parry Labs has named Scott DeVona CRO to lead revenue strategy and expand open-architecture interoperability solutions.
Northrop Grumman’s CIRCM system uses a dual-jammer configuration to protect Army aircraft from infrared-guided missile threats.
The Defense Information Systems Agency has requested offers for the potential $21.6 billion JWCC UCM Core cloud IDIQ contract.
Whitworth will lead internal operations and defense and intelligence product strategy at Satellogic.
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