
The Army has started accepting the new General Electric Aviation [GE]-built T901 helicopter engine, with the service on track to deliver the system to the companies building Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) prototypes by the end of October. The milestone for the GE T901 engine, developed under Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP), follows several delays due to manufacturing challenges that pushed the timeline by nearly a year. The Army on Wednesday said it accepted the first T901 engine from GE…