The Boeing Company's HH-47 helicopter has been selected by the
US Air Force as the winner of the Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR)
program competition. The CSAR program calls for initial operational
capability of the HH-47 aircraft in 2012. Under the program, which
is valued at up to $10 billion, Boeing will build 141 production
aircraft and four test aircraft at its Rotorcraft Systems
manufacturing facility in Ridley Park, Pa., also home to the MH-47G
Special Operations and CH-47F Chinook programs.
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