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U.S. OKs Potential $1.32 Billion Chinook Deal With UAE

Boeing conducts the first flight with a production CH-47F Block II Chinook on April 8, 2024. Photo: Boeing.

By Rich Abott |
@ReaderRabott
21 hours ago |
05/13/2025

CH-47 Chinook highlights international U.S. Army

 

The State Department approved a possible military sale with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) worth $1.32 billion for six CH-47F Block II Extended Range Chinook heavy-lift helicopters and related equipment.

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the Foreign Military Sale (FMS) on Monday.

Under this deal, UAE is seeking six

Boeing [BA] CH-47F Block II Chinook helicopters with an air-to-air refuel probe capability and extended range fuel tanks alongside six Honeywell [HON] T-55-GA-714A engines; associated navigation systems, AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS); 20 AN/ARC-231A communications security radios; and 20 M-240 machine guns.

Other non-major defense equipment covered by the FMS includes CMWS classified software, AN/APR-39A radar warning receivers; AN/AVR-2B Laser Detecting Sets (LDS); AN/ARC-220 high frequency (HF) radios; and other navigation, communications and radar systems plus various helicopter systems, support equipment and logistics support.

DSCA said the UAE would use these helicopters to extend the range of its flight operations for search and rescue, disaster relief, humanitarian support, and counterterrorism operations. 

The Block II version of the Chinook has upgrades with an improved drivetrain, increased range, redesigned fuel system and capability to lift 4,000 more pounds.,

The DoD agency also said this sale supports U.S. foreign policy by helping improve the security of an “important regional partner.”

Boeing delivered the first Block II Chinook to the U.S. Army last year (Defense Daily, July 1, 2024).

So far, three CH-47F Block IIs have been delivered to the Army and the Milestone C decision to move it into full-rate production is expected this year. 

If this latest deal goes through, UAE would be the fifth customer to field the CH-47F Block II, joining the U.S. Army, Germany, U.K, and most recently Japan.

In February. Boeing announced Japan signed a deal to acquire 17  CH-47F Block II Chinooks, to be co-produced with Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) as prime contractor there (Defense Daily, Feb. 13, 2025).

In September, Boeing said it wants to offer the Chinook Block II to Poland as well (Defense Daily, Sept. 5, 2024). 

However, on Monday Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the  Senate Appropriations Committee, announced he plans to “block any arms sale to a nation that is doing direct personnel business with Trump. We should have a full Senate debate and vote.”

He cited UAE’s investment in Trump crypto venture and Qatar’s plan to gift a Boeing 747-8 jet plane to Trump as “nuclear grade graft. An unacceptable corruption of our foreign policy.”