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)
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)
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.
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.
1997 : Boeing acquired Mc Donnell Douglas The AH-64 Apache is now owned by Boeing.
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:
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
March 4, 2006: USMC VMM-263 become first operational MV-22 Osprey squadron
June 15, 2006: New-built CH-47F Chinook to US Army
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
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
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