BERLIN – Germany will purchase 60 CH-47F Chinook heavy transport helicopters from Boeing value round 5 billion euros ($5.40 billion)because it upgrades its navy armour, Bild am Sonntag newspaper reported on Sunday, citing authorities sources.
The helicopters can be financed from the 100 billion euros deliberate particular fund for the navy which Chancellor Olaf Scholz introduced within the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the paper stated.
The helicopters might be delivered in 2025/26 on the earliest and would change the roughly 50-year-old CH-53G helicopters made by the Sikorsky unit of U.S. arms makers Lockheed Martin, it stated.
Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht will inform the parliament of the choice subsequent week, the newspaper stated.
Rivals for the deal included Lockheed Martin’s CH-53K King Stallion. However the cheaper Boeing mannequin and the truth that many NATO allies additionally fly the Chinook had been the explanations for deciding on the CH-47F, Bild stated.
A spokesperson for the Defence Ministry stated no choice on helicopter purchases has been made but.
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