Germany to choose between CH-53K and CH-47F

[chopper2004]

Boeing chosen??

‚„Supposedly“ Berlin is buying the Boeing CH—47F for the Bundeswehr — Luftwaffe for their STH requirement. 🤔🤔

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe...pYGlVCbbs21ako

Any thoughts please?

cheers

[Less Hair]

Leaked by "Bild am Sonntag" tabloid Newspaper. I still consider this information to be reliable. Claimed to be an upcoming order for 60 Chinooks. ILA Berlin air show might be more interesting than anticipated this year. Smart move by Boeing to cooperate with Airbus helicopters for the support.

[NutLoose]

They have just binned the advanced rotors for them, see the link I posted in Rotorheads.

[RAFEngO74to09]

Reuters reporting CH-47F selected:

Germany to buy 60 heavy transport helicopters from Boeing, Bild am Sonntag reports | Reuters

[melmothtw]

Originally Posted by NutLoose

They have just binned the advanced rotors for them, see the link I posted in Rotorheads.

Was reported some time ago that the Advanced Chinook Rotor Blades have been dropped form the Block 2 upgrade, due to vibration issues. Not entirely clear yet if the Block 2 upgrade itself will go ahead.

[Less Hair]

The german MoD today declared that no decision has been made yet. Might be because the parliament has to be asked first during this week.

[RAFEngO74to09]

Now confirmed by the german Minister of Defence.

(2) Christian Thiels on Twitter: "Germany to procure @Boeing's CH 47F #Chinook as new heavy-lift-helo for the #Bundeswehr, MinDef Lambrecht just announced in parliament. https://t.co/Tw3TNGsboU" / Twitter

(2) Boeing Europe on Twitter: "We are honored that the German government has selected the CH-47F #Chinook to support the Bundeswehr's heavy-lift requirements. Our Chinook Deutschland Team will deliver maximum operational availability. https://t.co/eMnLh6NqCe" / Twitter

[ORAC]

That’s $800M each - that’s the same price as a B-21 bomber, which will doubtless have people questioning the decision to order 100. The USMC has ordered 200 CH-53K…

https://www.defensenews.com/air/2023...k-helicopters/

US Navy awards Sikorsky $2.7 billion for 35 CH-53K helicopters

[rattman]

Originally Posted by ORAC

That’s $800M each - that’s the same price as a B-21 bomber, which will doubtless have people questioning the decision to order 100. The USMC has ordered 200 CH-53K…

https://www.defensenews.com/air/2023...k-helicopters/

US Navy awards Sikorsky $2.7 billion for 35 CH-53K helicopters

thats a maths fail, its about 80million, more accurately 77142857.1429 million each

[Lonewolf_50]

True, but that's still expensive.