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 300 million pound deal in principle ( subject to acceptable EPC) with the environmental and waste management company Bee'ah to build a thermal energy-from-waste facility in Sharjah, UAE. If the project proceeds, the deal is expected to create around 200 British jobs and secure another 650. On November 18, 2015, Chinook Sciences was honoured to win the Power/Energy category at the Institute of Engineering and Technology Awards in London. Chinook Sciences Chinook Sciences is a US and UK based technology company that specializes in waste to energy and metal recovery. Chinook Sciences holds many patents for its non-incineration "ultra clean