헬리콥터 이집트, CH-47F 12기 구입

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https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2023/01/03/egypt-buys-12-chinook-helos-from-boeing/

Egypt buys 12 Chinook helos from Boeing

이집트가 CH-47F 12기를 4억 2600백만 달러에 구입하네요. 옵션을 11기 걸어놨습니다. 

2026년부터 인도 예정입니다. 

Egypt buys 12 Chinook helos from Boeing

By Zamone Perez Jan 4, 05:03 AM

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A CH-47F Chinook helicopter with the Connecticut Army National Guard flies over Massachusetts in June 2022. (Sgt. Matthew Lucibello/U.S. Army)

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has awarded Boeing a $426 million contract to produce 12 CH-47F Chinooks for the Egyptian Air Force, the company announced Tuesday.

The contract comes more than seven months after the U.S. State Department approved the foreign military sale on May 26 for Egypt to buy 23 “F” models and related equipment for $2.6 billion.

This is the first contract as part of that potential sale, and the country has the option to purchase 11 more, a spokesman with Boeing told Defense News.

Egypt plans to replace its fleet of CH-47D helos with the “F” model, which will “enhance Egypt’s Chinook capabilities and help effectively accomplish its heavy-lift objectives,” Ken Eland, vice president and H-47 program manager at Boeing, said in a statement.

In its notification to Congress, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency said the sale would help improve Egypt’s security as a major non-NATO ally of the United States. The United States and 19 other countries operate more than 950 Chinooks.

Initial deliveries are to begin in 2026.

The U.S. Army also ordered two other CH-47F helos for itself, the company spokesman said.

The aircraft type features a digital cockpit management system, a Common Avionics Architecture System cockpit and advanced cargo-handling capabilities, Boeing said in the statement.

Zamone “Z” Perez is an editorial fellow at Defense News and Military Times. He previously worked at Foreign Policy and Ufahamu Africa, where he helped produce podcasts. He is a graduate of Northwestern University, where he researched humanitarian intervention and atrocity prevention in his thesis. He can be found on Twitter @zamoneperez.

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치눅이 아직 신규생산이 되는군요ㄷ

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F 모델은 거의 신규생산품인 듯 합니다.