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Rockwell Collins Canada given avionics support contract

Chinook helicopters of the Royal Canadian Air Force are to receive avionics support services from Rockwell Collins Canada under a contract awarded it by Boeing, maker of the aircraft.

By Richard Tomkins
A Rockwell Collins CH-147 Chinook cockpit, which is to receive service and support from Rockwell Collins Canada. Photo: Rockwell Collins
A Rockwell Collins CH-147 Chinook cockpit, which is to receive service and support from Rockwell Collins Canada. Photo: Rockwell Collins

OTTAWA, May 29 (UPI) -- Royal Canadian Air Force Chinook helicopters are to receive avionics service and support from Rockwell Collins through March of 2018.

The contracted work for the CH-147 -- the Canadian designation for the Boeing-built CH-47 -- comes under a firm-fixed-price service contract issued by Boeing.

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"This contract continues our decades-long relationship with Boeing and furthers our commitment to bringing in-country service and support to the Canadian military," said Lee Obst, vice president and managing director for Rockwell Collins Canada. "Our world-class service and support personnel will ensure that the CH-147 remains sustainable and operational for the RCAF for years to come."

The Canadian CH-147 Chinooks, 15 in all, feature Rockwell Collins' Common Avionics Architecture System cockpit.

Rockwell Collins Canada said that as part of the contract, it will provide local avionics support equipment and engineering services on behalf of Boeing to the RCAF CH-147s based at Canadian Forces Garrison Petawawa in Ontario.

The monetary value of the contract was not disclosed.

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