Héroux-Devtek to manufacture H-47 Chinook helicopter landing gear

Héroux-Devtek, a leading Canadian manufacturer of aerospace products, released that its Landing Gear products operations have been awarded a multi-year contract from Boeing to manufacture the landing gear for the H-47 Chinook medium-to- heavy-lift helicopter. Under the terms of the agreement, Héroux-Devtek will fabricate the landing gear for all Chinook aircraft destined to the U.S. Army. Landing gear deliveries are scheduled to begin in the first half of calendar 2014 and will be spread out over a five-year period. Current program expectations call for the delivery of 155 aircraft to the U.S. Army over the contracted period. The contract also includes options, exercisable at Boeing’s discretion, to fabricate the landing gear for up to 150 additional aircraft over the same period. This new long-term contract is the third agreement actively involving Héroux-Devtek on the H-47 program. The first announcement, in September 2009, was in regards to the fabrication, assembly, testing and delivery of the landing gear for H-47F aircraft delivered to customers outside the United States , including the CH-147, as it is known for the Canadian Forces. The second agreement, announced in September 2012, was for a license allowing the Corporation to offer its services to fabricate replacement parts and carry out repair and overhaul services for the landing gear of all Chinook variants.