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Honeywell Reaches Agreement With Army To Test Latest Version Of T55 Engine For CH-47s By 2023

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, June 4th, 2020

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Honeywell Reaches Agreement With Army To Test Latest Version Of T55 Engine For CH-47s By 2023

T55 CH-47 Chinook engine

Honeywell [HON] announced Thursday the company has reached an agreement with the Army to demonstrate the latest version of its T55 engine for the service’s CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopters by 2023. Under the new Cooperation Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), Honeywell will install and test the upgraded T55-GA-714C engine on a Chinook at Fort Eustis in Virginia, a key step towards final qualifications for the new engine design. “Through this CRADA with U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation &…

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