The service's ITEP engine has continued to be tested in a Black Hawk helicopter, even powering it in forward flight at up to ...

The US Army’s Improved Turbine Engine Programme (ITEP) is scheduled to receive a critical design review in mid-June. Development of the GE Aviation T901-GE-900 turboshaft was delayed by two weeks due ...

LYNN, Mass. — On March 22 the Army’s Improved Turbine Engine Program achieved a significant program milestone with the “light off” — the first time fuel is ignited in the engine to produce power — of ...

The service has said it expects the next order for Black Hawks to be the last, with production to last into the 2030s. A pre-solicitation notice released in July 2024 calls for a base order of 100-120 ...

Quest Helicopters has launched a new family of turbine helicopters that are to be built in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The new, privately owned aerospace company, which is headquartered in Dubai, ...

The US Army’s Future Affordable Turbine Engine (FATE) programme, an effort to come up with performance enhancing technologies, is nearing completion and should be wrapped up by the end of 2020. GE ...

According to Hill Helicopters, the unit cost of the GT50 turbine engine for its HX50 helicopter will be less than $100,000. Hill Helicopters says the unit cost of its GT50 turbine engine will be less ...

The Army is working toward replacing the 1970s-era engine in Black Hawk and Apache helicopters with the Improved Turbine Engine Program. (Senior Airman Curt Beach/U.S. Air Force) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — ...

Hill Helicopters is taking on the ambitious task of developing its own turbine engine for the HX50 helicopter. Hill Helicopters CEO Jason Hill says the unit cost of its GT50 turbine engine will be ...