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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Boeing, AgustaWestland Sign Contract to Provide ICH-47F Chinooks to Italian Army

CH-47F ChinookThe Boeing Company and AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, today signed a contract for the manufacture and support of 16 ICH-47F Chinook helicopters for the Italian Army. The contract makes Boeing the prime subcontractor to AgustaWestland for the new aircraft.

The contract is worth approximately 900 million euros ($1.23 billion).

Boeing will build the ICH-47F fuselage at its facility in Ridley Park, Pa. Prime contractor AgustaWestland will be responsible for design and systems integration, aircraft final assembly and delivery to the Italian Army. AgustaWestland is expected to begin deliveries in 2013.

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