Part II

Boeing Helicopters Part III





January 13, 1989 : Boeing CH-47D An US Army program to modernize more than 470 Chinooks.
A new triple-hook system allows outsized cargo to be flown with greater stability at speeds up to three times faster than prior variants.
With a max gross weight of 22.680 kg, the center hook has a capacity of 11.974 Kg and the forward and aft hooks are rated at 7.711 Kg each.

March 19, 1989 : Bell / Boeing 901 Osprey (V-22)

Osprey animation
May 31, 1990 : Boeing MH-47E The worldwide deploy ability variant of the Chinook to perform clandestine, deep-penetration missions in adverse weather day or night over any terrain.

MH-47
1993 : Boeing 414 The civilian variant of the CH-47D Chinook

1995 : CH-47J Chinook Boeing & Kawasaki Heavy Industries co - produced the Chinook in Gifu, Japan to procure near 50 units to the Japanese Ground and Air Self-Defense forces.

January 4, 1996 : Sikorsky/Boeing RAH-66 Comanche

1997 : Boeing acquired Mc Donnell Douglas The AH-64 Apache is now owned by Boeing.

RAH-66
September 8, 1998 : After 10 pre - production units built, the first production V-22 Osprey fuselage is shipped.

February 19, 1999 : Boeing sold MD commercial line to RDM The dutch company buy the ex Mc Donnell Douglas models MD 500E and MD 530F single-engine helicopters with conventional tail rotors, the MD 520N and MD 600N single-engine NOTAR helicopters and the MD Explorer series of twin-engine, eight-place helicopters.

June 22, 2002 : Four Generations, from bottom to top: the HUP, CH-21, CH-46 and CH-47:
Boeing generations


May 15, 2002: Boeing delivered the first remanufactured CH-47F Chinook helicopter to the U.S. Army which plans to upgrade 300 of its 432 CH-47Ds to the F-model configuration in order to keep Chinooks in the Army rotary wing fleet at least through the mid-2030s.

June 20, 2003: Boeing delivers 300th Longbow Apache to US Army

May 7, 2004: Boeing delivers first MH-47G Special Operations Chinook

Dec 2, 2005: A160 Hummingbird Test flights



March 4, 2006: USMC VMM-263 become first operational MV-22 Osprey squadron

June 15, 2006: New-built CH-47F Chinook to US Army

A160 Hummingbird

July 12, 2006: Boeing Unmanned Little Bird Demonstrator first flight.

August 9, 2006: Boeing delivers 501st AH-64D Apache Longbow to US Army

October 9, 2006: A/MH-6X Manned/Unmanned Light Helicopter makes first flight

November 8, 2006: CSAR-X Boeing HH-47 awarded US Air Force Combat Search and Rescue Contract

UAV littlebird
November 16, 2006: A160 Hummingbird UAV resumed test flight operations

December 20, 2007: Boeing signs 10-Year Agreement with Hindustan Aeronautics

February 11, 2008: Helicopter pioneer Frank Piasecki dies, aged 88.

Contribution:
    Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
    Boeing Defense & Space Group, Helicopter Division, July 1997
    Boeing Helicopters, January 1990 / March 1992
    Boeing Vertol, March 1987






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