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Cost Big Factor in GE Win on Army ITEP, As Outlined In GAO Report

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Cost Big Factor in GE Win on Army ITEP, As Outlined In GAO Report
In addition to being part of the U.S. Army's plans for Future Vertical Lift, ITEP is to install GE T901 engines on Boeing AH-64 Apaches and Lockheed Martin UH-60 Black Hawks, such as this one. (Lockheed Martin Photo)

  In its evaluation of the two bids for the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP), the U.S. Army rated Advanced Turbine Engine Company's (ATEC) dual-spool T900 engine "outstanding" in engine design and performance, but competitor General Electric [GE] received an "outstanding" rating for platform integration of its T901 single-spool engine, and GE's total engine development cost of about $530 million was $162 million below that of ATEC, according to the just-released details of the Government Accountability Office decision on May…

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