Boeing to supply USSOCOM Special Operations Command with more MH-47G Chinook helicopters.

The U.S. Department of Defense announced on March 2 that Boeing was awarded a firm-fixed-price modification to an existing delivery order in the amount of $194,628,000 on contract H92241-20-F-0020 to procure six MH-47G renew rotary-wing aircraft in support of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). Fiscal 2022 procurement and Army funds in the amount of $194,628,000 are being obligated at the time of the award.

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Boeing MH-47G (Picture source: U.S. Army/Sgt. 1st Class Michael Noogle)

The majority of the work will be performed in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania. This delivery order modification is a non-competitive award and is in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302.1. USSOCOM, Tampa, Florida, is the contracting activity. (Awarded Feb. 25, 2022)

The Boeing MH-47G is a special operations variant of the CH-47 Chinook multi-role, heavy-lift helicopter. It is in service with the US Army Special Operations Aviation Command (USASOC). 160th SOAR Chinooks are flown in the heavy assault role. This includes the insertion, extraction of Special Operations Forces. The aircraft can also be used in the resupply role. MH-47Gs may also be employed in so-called 'fat cow' operations in which they are fitted with additional internal fuel bladders and deployed as a static, ground, refueling point for other air assets. Another role for the MH-47G is to act as an airborne C2 (command and control) platform. MH-47G was the only US Army helicopter capable of supporting Special Operations in the higher mountainous regions of Afghanistan and as such played a major role in that theater.

Boeing MH-47G lifting Specia Operations inflatable boat (Picture source: U.S. Army)

Also, Oak Grove Technologies, Raleigh, North Carolina, was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract (H92239-22-C-003) in the amount of $12,643,317 for the U.S. Army Special Operations Forces role player support services in support of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). Fiscal 2022 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $12,643,317 are being obligated at the time of the award. The work will be performed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and the performance will be completed on Aug. 31, 2022. This is a sole-source contract under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation 6-302-1. USSOCOM, Tampa, Florida, is the contracting activity. (Awarded Feb. 28, 2022)