Boeing CH-47 Chinook forces. The CH-47JA, introduced in 1993, is a long-range version of the CH-47J, fitted with an enlarged fuel tank, an AAQ-16 FLIR in a turret under the nose, and a partial glass cockpit. Both versions are built under license in Japan by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, who produced 61 aircraft by April 2001. The Japan Defense Agency ordered 54 aircraft of which 39 were for the JGSDF and 15 were for the JASDF. Boeing supplied flyable aircraft, to which Kawasaki added full avionics, interior, and final paint. The CH-47J model Chinook (N7425H) made its first flight in January 1986, and it
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