House Appropriators Restore Funding For CH-47F Block Ⅱ Procurement In FY ‘22 Defense Bill

摘要

Lawmakers have once again restored funding for the Army’s CH-47F Chinook Block Ⅱ program not included in the service’s budget request, with the House Appropriations Committee providing for procurement of a full second set of five aircraft and long-lead funding for a third set in its proposed $706 billion fiscal year 2022 defense spending bill. The Army has received pushback each time it’s looked to reduce funding for the Boeing [BA]- built CH-47 as a means of shifting dollars toward higher priority modernization efforts, to include Congress blocking an attempt to reduce the program during the last budget cycle and instead adding $189 million for the program to include production of five aircraft (Defense Daily, Dec. 22).