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The U.S. Army has awarded Collins Aerospace a contract worth up to $472 million to provide engineering services supporting the modernization and sustainment of the CH‑47 Chinook fleet.
The work will deliver avionics upgrades designed to integrate new capabilities more efficiently, address obsolescence, and strengthen the aircraft’s avionics architecture to support continued mission readiness in a rapidly evolving operational environment.
“Collins equips the Chinook with advanced avionics that integrates communication, navigation and mission subsystems into a flexible, interoperable cockpit built for today’s operational demands,” said Jenny Miller, vice president and general manager of Vision and Sensing Systems at Collins Aerospace. “Our longstanding avionics partnership with the U.S. Army ensures the fleet continuously evolves to support the warfighter and meet future operational demands.”
The award advances open, reusable avionics architectures intended to increase platform commonality across the Army’s aviation enterprise. The approach is aimed at streamlining technology insertion, reducing integration complexity, and driving cost and schedule efficiencies as the service modernizes its fleet.
Work under the contract will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, provides aerospace and defense solutions spanning avionics, aircraft interiors, aerostructures and engine components, mission systems, and power and control systems.
