
Naval Air Systems Command this week awarded General Electric [GE] a $684 million contract to build and deliver 169 T408-GE-400 (T408) turboshaft engines for CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopters bound for the Navy and Israel The announcement noted the engines are separated into 65 full-rate production Lot 8 engines divided into 54 for the Navy and 11 for Israel, 51 full-rate production Lot 7 engines divided into 39 for the Navy and 12 for Israel, and 53 low-rate initial…