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GE and ATEC Vying for U.S. Army Helicopter Engine Program

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, October 10th, 2018

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General Electric [GE] and Advanced Turbine Engine Company (ATEC) touted the capabilities of their respective engines in the quest by the U.S. Army to find new engines for the AH-64 Apache and UH-60 Black Hawk fleets under the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP).ATEC is a joint venture with Honeywell [HON] and Pratt & Whitney [UTX] started in 2006. GE and ATEC have submitted their ITEP proposals with GE offering its T901 single-spool engine and ATEC bidding a dual-spool T900 engine.The Army is…

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