June 14, 2018
Every procurement for the U.S. military has one goal: ensuring mission success. Whether it’s food, fuel, firearms or larger platforms, the objective is to make America’s servicemembers more efficient and more lethal. Currently the U.S. Army is in the process of procuring the first major change in engines for its Black Hawk and Apache helicopter…
Tags: Apache, Black Hawk, Dual-spool, Fuel Efficient, Powerful engines, T900, U.S. Army
April 3, 2018
The Advanced Turbine Engine Company – ATEC – is a joint venture of Pratt & Whitney and Honeywell. ATEC’s dual-spool T900 engine for Black Hawks and Apaches will help provide battlespace superiority well into the future. Both Pratt & Whitney and Honeywell have a proven track record of successful partnerships with the U.S. Army, U.S….
Tags: Apache, Black Hawk, Dual-spool, Honeywell, ITEP, Pratt & Whitney, T900, U.S. Army
October 23, 2017
The reputation that ATEC partners Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney have developed in the defense and aviation community over the decades is well-deserved. The scope and diversity of the engines, equipment, systems, avionics and platforms they developed over the past several decades built their credibility among the Army, Navy and Air Force. Honeywell has more…
Tags: Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney, T900, U.S. Army
October 4, 2017
The largest land power forum and exposition of the year will be held in Washington, DC on October 9-11th . The event is the annual meeting of the Association of the Army of the United States (AUSA) which will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. ATEC – the Advanced Turbine Engine Company…
Tags: AUSA, Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney, Veterans, Wounded Warriors
October 2, 2017
Both the House and the Senate have now passed their versions of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The two bills must now be reconciled and then sent to the President for his signature. The NDAA will provide policy direction for the Department of Defense (DoD) for FY 2018, which began…
Tags: Apache, Black Hawk, Congress, Department of Defense, ITEP
September 19, 2017
Through a number of platforms, ATEC, Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney have provided the armed forces with the tools needed to accomplish their current missions while also supporting them in their efforts to develop future aircraft, rotorcraft and other equipment. The T900 is a perfect example of how an engine can meet the short and…
Tags: Apache, Black Hawk, FVL, Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney, T900, U.S. Army
September 11, 2017
The budget approval process in Washington has been volatile and unpredictable over the last several years. Thankfully, ITEP, the Army’s #1 aviation modernization program, continued to garner strong support from both the Department of Defense and Congress. The Army requested $204.3 million for ITEP in the FY18 President’s Budget Request and congressional funding support is…
Tags: Black Hawk, Department of Defense, ITEP, Lexington Institute, U.S. Army
August 28, 2017
Army Chief of Staff Mark Milley commented on the need for aviation modernization earlier this year. “Aviation is very vulnerable against a near-peer, high-end threat,” he said. “It’s one thing to fight guerrillas and terrorists where you have almost exclusive freedom of the air, but it’s another thing to fight some near-peer, higher-end threat. So…
Tags: Aviation, Dual-spool, ITEP, Powerful engines, T900
August 22, 2017
The Army’s top aviation modernization program – ITEP – received a significant boost in the Administration’s FY 2018 Budget. The high-priority effort to upgrade the engines in the service’s fleet of Apache and Black Hawk helicopters garnered strong backing from the Department of Defense in the funding proposal for the 2018 fiscal year that would…
Tags: Apache, Black Hawk, Department of Defense, ITEP, T900
August 7, 2017
The push to develop and deploy next generation dual-turbine engines for Black Hawk and Apache helicopters is continuing with no let up. Recent discussions have shown that building new engines that are designed for the 21st century battlespace cannot wait until new helicopter designs (Future Verticle Lift – FVL – Capability Set 3) go into…
Tags: Apache, Black Hawk, Future Vertical Lift, FVL, ITEP