Boeing will demonstrate on its CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopter the more powerful General Electric (GE) T408 engine normally fitted to its Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion competitor, the company said ahead of the Paris Air Show.
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Boeing is to replace the Chinook's incumbent Honeywell T55 engine
Speaking at Boeing's Philadelphia production facility in Pennsylvania, Chuck Dabundo, vice-president and H-47 programme manager, said that Boeing, GE, and the US Army will conduct the flight demonstration later this year.
"We are pretty far along with the modifications, and we are now getting ready to fly," he said.
Replacing the Chinook's incumbent Honeywell T55 engines with the GE T408 involved some major structural changes to the supporting mounts given the larger size of the new powerplant.