Boeing to support RAF’s Chinooks

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Boeing has been awarded a 34-year contract by the MoD, worth $360 million for the first five years, to provide logistics support for the Royal Air Force’s CH-47 Chinook helicopter fleet.

has assumed logistics support responsibility for the Royal Air Force's CH-47 Chinook helicopter fleet. The Through Life Customer Support (TLCS) programme, worth approximately $360 million for the first five years, is a 34-year performance-based logistics initiative expected to generate nearly $295 million in savings for the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

The Support Systems unit of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems will perform the majority of maintenance activities on the 40-helicopter MK2/MK2a fleet. Military personnel will continue to perform first-line, in-field maintenance, but Boeing will oversee all other, more intensive work. The contract currently does not include engine and UK common avionics maintenance or training.

The programme will increase Boeing’s presence in the UK while conforming with the Defence Industrial Strategy (DIS) in preserving and enhancing UK-based skills. Civilian personnel at the Defence Aviation Repair Agency (DARA) Fleetlands facility near Portsmouth and the DARA Almondbank facility near Perth will perform much of the maintenance work.

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