Honeywell Starts Testing Chinook Upgrade Option

A T55 engine installed on a Boeing CH-47.

Credit: Honeywell
Honeywell has started testing a second proposed option to upgrade the company’s 4,800-shp T55-GA-714A engine on the Boeing CH-47 Chinook, but U.S. Army officials remain silent on whether a propulsion upgrade will be funded. The 6,000-shp T55-GA-714C, which includes a new compressor module, has...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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