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Sikorsky Receives GE’s New T901 Engines For Integration On Black Hawk

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, June 28th, 2024

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Sikorsky Receives GE’s New T901 Engines For Integration On Black Hawk

Sikorsky receives the first two GE Aerospace T901 engines at its West Palm Beach, Florida facility for integration on a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter. Photo: Sikorsky.

Sikorsky [LMT] has received the first two GE Aerospace [GE] T901 new Army helicopter engines that will be integrated onto the UH-60M Black Hawk to support modernization efforts, the companies said on Thursday. The delivery milestone for the T901, developed under the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP), arrives as the Army is targeting early 2025 for the first flight of the Black Hawk with the new engine. “This delivery represents the beginning of a new era and a pivotal moment…

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