{"id":16356,"date":"2023-07-08T08:48:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T05:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/?p=16356"},"modified":"2023-07-08T08:48:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T05:48:12","slug":"germany-to-acquire-60-chinook-helicopters-in-8-7-billion-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/germany-to-acquire-60-chinook-helicopters-in-8-7-billion-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany to acquire 60 Chinook helicopters in $8.7 billion deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Germany is set to buy 60 Chinook helicopters from Boeing along with all the necessary infrastructure, fleet service boats, and airborne vehicles for troops. The deal which is worth up to $8.7 billion (\u20ac8 billion<\/strong>) was announced by Germany\u2019s Budget Committee on July 5, 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Germany\u2019s Budget Committee held a meeting to address the country\u2019s military procurement projects. The meeting focused on \u201cthree key initiatives to strengthen collaboration with partners and enhance troop capabilities for national and alliance defense\u201d. Procurement of 60 CH-47F Chinook<\/span><\/a> heavy transport helicopters from the U.S. was authorized as one of three initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the latest deal, the German Army, Bundeswehr, will receive the \u201cBlock II<\/span><\/a> Standard Range\u201d variant of the Chinook helicopter, which includes the capability for aerial refueling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Germany<\/span><\/a> has been planning to purchase the Chinook heavy-lift helicopters from Boeing since last year to replace its aging fleet of CH-53 helicopters. Originally, the project was allotted a budget of 6 billion Euros ($6.57 billion), however, the latest procurement deal includes an infrastructure cost as well as other equipment worth more than 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The committee announced that 47 of the 60 helicopters<\/span><\/a> will be based town of Holzdorf, some 50 kilometers south of Berlin, adding that the first of several newly purchased Arrow-3 missile defense\u00a0systems would also be deployed around the same area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The U.S. Department of State has approved the sale of CH-47F Chinook helicopters to Germany. (Image Credit: Boeing)<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The German committee also approved the procurement of 3,058 highly mobile, all-terrain, all-wheel-drive vehicles, along with necessary accessories. \u201cThese are highly mobile, all-terrain, and all-wheel-drive wheeled vehicles that will transport soldiers, equipment, armament, ammunition, and material, thus making the airborne forces on the ground more mobile,\u201d the Bundeswehr statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chinook Block II<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n