The Boeing Co., Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, was awarded an $18,372,000 firm-fixed-price sort supply order modification to an current contract (W91215-16-G-0001) for the procurement of long-lead parts and elements in assist of the MH-47G Chinook Block II manufacturing program. Fiscal 2021 Military plane procurement funds within the quantity of $18,372,000 are being obligated on the time of award. Nearly all of the work shall be carried out in Ridley Park. This supply order is a noncompetitive award and is in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302.1. U.S. Particular Operations Command, Tampa, Florida, is the contracting exercise.
The Boeing MH-47G is a particular operations variant of the CH-47 Chinook multi-role, heavy-lift helicopter. The MH-47G is utilized in heavy-lift missions such because the transportation of troops, ammunition, automobiles, tools, gasoline and provides, in addition to civil and humanitarian reduction missions. The helicopter can conduct long-range missions at low degree, in opposed climate circumstances in the course of the day and at evening. The helicopter might be fitted with particular operations tools corresponding to a quick rope insertion extraction system (FRIES), a particular patrol insertion and extraction system (SPIES), a rope ladder, an electrically powered rescue hoist and a personnel location system (PLS
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The helicopter is armed with two M134 7.62mm electrically operated, air-cooled mini weapons and two M240 7.62mm belt-fed machine weapons mounted on both facet of the fuselage on the ahead and rear sections. The defensive aids aboard the rotorcraft embody a typical missile warning system (CMWS), an built-in radio frequency countermeasures suite, a laser warning system and XM216 darkish flares. The helicopter is powered by two Honeywell T55-GA-714A engines, which develop a most energy output of three,529kW every. The engines are geared up with infrared (IR) exhaust suppressors to cut back the IR visibility of the helicopter.
