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Delivery Of Army’s ITEP Engine For FARA Prototypes Pushed To Early 2024, Delaying First Flight

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Delivery Of Army’s ITEP Engine For FARA Prototypes Pushed To Early 2024, Delaying First Flight
The Army’s GE T901 First Engine to Test installed in the test cell prior to initial engine light off. The engine’s light off marks the start of 100 hours of run time throughout the next two months to verify and validate engine performance models. Photo: General Electric

Delivery of the Army’s new helicopter engine to the vendors building prototypes for the Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program has been pushed to early 2024, delaying first flight tests to next year.  Doug Bush, the Army’s top acquisition official, confirmed the delay to reporters on Tuesday citing “manufacturing challenges” with the General Electric Aviation [GE]-built T901 engines, developed under the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP). “It’s unfortunate. But ITEP is the engine for that platform so we’ve got…

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