- Boeing (NYSE:BA) says it expects to sell 150 more of CH-47F Chinook helicopters to foreign countries through 2022, with the helicopter drawing strong interest from new countries outside the 19 that already operate it.
- Steve Parker, Boeing's VP for cargo helicopters, says news is possible before year-end about additional foreign orders for the twin-rotor heavy lift helicopters, through direct commercial sales and government-to-government foreign military sales.
- There are 874 Chinooks in service around the world, Parker says, including ~100 CH-47 D-models, some of which could be upgraded to the current F-model used by the U.S. Army.