By the end of 2007 the Marine Corps will begin the first of two tests on the CH-53 engine that the service hopes will add another 800 hours of operation time before an engine overhaul is required, according to a Marine Corps official. Although engine tests are not typically big news, the accelerated simulation mission endurance test (ASMET) will be the first detailed test of the General Electric [GE] T64 engine done in quite some time, Capt. Rick Muldoon, CH-53…
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