The U.S. Army has awarded Boeing a contract valued at $876.4 million for logistics, training and engineering services in support of 60 CH-47F Block II cargo helicopters. Work on the contract will be ...
Boeing has received two U.S. Army contracts worth $461 million to produce nine additional CH-47F Block II Chinook helicopters under Lots 4 and 5 in support of the service’s heavy-lift modernization ...
Fifty years after its first flight, the AH-64 Apache remains the go-to attack helicopter for militaries around the world The Apache entered U.S. Army service in the mid-1980s as a wrecking ball. It ...
The Boeing Company BA recently clinched a modification contract to provide service life extension of F/A-18 Block II Super Hornet aircraft from 6,000 flight hours to 10,000 flight hours. The award has ...
Sept. 30, 2025 marks 50 years since the first YAH-64A prototype took to the skies for the first time. Let’s look at how the Apache has maintained its sharp edge over those five decades. Born from the ...
The decision authorizes the procurement of Block II aircraft in FY25 and FY26. Combined with previously approved Congressionally directed procurements, the Army will field CH-47F Block II helicopters ...
The Army plans to be fully divested from the AH-64D within the next few years, starting in Fiscal Year 2026. As a platform, however, the Apache helicopter is not going anywhere. Throughout the Apache ...
Few military helicopters are as intimidating as the U.S. Army's Apache. The first model, the AH-64A, entered American service in 1984; since then, variations of the Apache have been deployed to ...
Despite ongoing upgrades, the Apache AH-64, once a battlefield staple, is fast becoming outdated, prompting the US Army to reassess its role in future warfare and seek replacements. Before the US Army ...
A US Army official said the Apache helicopter faces threats that may reduce its battlefield prowess. Lt. Gen. Joseph Ryan said the older Apache AH-64D is no longer a "war-winning capability." Efforts ...
NASHVILLE—A U.S. Army plan to cut its AH-64D Apaches could open those airframes up for foreign military sales as Boeing looks to continue its momentum of selling the attack helicopters abroad. The ...