Boeing CH-47 Chinook Boeing CH-47 Chinook The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is an American twin-engined, tandem rotor, heavy-lift helicopter developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and manufactured by Boeing Vertol (later known as Boeing Rotorcraft Systems). The CH-47 is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. Its name, Chinook, is from the Native American Chinook people of modern-day Washington state. The Chinook was originally designed by Vertol, which had begun work in 1957 on a new tandem-rotor helicopter, designated as the Vertol Model 107 or V-107. Around the same time, the United States Department of the Army announced its intention to replace the piston engine-powered
Chinook Sciences 2014 that Chinook Sciences had been honoured in the 20th Annual Environment and Energy Awards. Chinook won as the most innovative company in the Energy from Waste Category for its patented End Stage Recycling® Technology with Renewable Energy generation. Chinook Sciences was named winner of the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation on the 21st of April 2014. Published on that date to mark the Queen's birthday. Chinook Sciences won for their development of thermal heat treatment plants for recovering recycled metal and generating renewable energy from waste. On May 23, 2014 Chinook Sciences announced that it had secured a