The Advanced Turbine Engine Company (ATEC), a joint venture of Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney, is now ready to begin fabrication and testing for the Army’s Alternative Concept Engine (ACE) Technology Demonstration Program. ACE is a science and technology effort to develop and validate innovative engine technologies that will significantly enhance range, payload, speed, survivability…
Huntsville, Ala., February 19, 2019 – The Advanced Turbine Engine Company (ATEC) has protested the U.S. Army’s decision to award General Electric an Engineering and Manufacturing Development contract for its next generation of Black Hawk and Apache helicopter engines. ATEC is a joint venture of Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON) and Pratt & Whitney, a…
Huntsville, Ala., Feb. 1, 2019 – Today, the Advanced Turbine Engine Company (ATEC), a joint venture between Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON) and Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX), was notified by the U.S. Army that it was not selected for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the Improved…
The Trump administration’s two-year defense budget for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 provided some $200 billion in higher funding. This increase came at a critical moment for the U.S. military, in general, and the Army, in particular. Of all the armed services, the Army was most in need of an infusion of resources to improve…
Huntsville, AL, November 14, 2018 – The Advanced Turbine Engine Company (ATEC), a joint venture of Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON) and the Pratt & Whitney division of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX), is a sponsor at the 46th Annual Army Aviation Association of America (AAAA) Joseph P. Cribbins Product Sustainment Symposium in Huntsville, Ala., November…
General Electric (GE) and Advanced Turbine Engine Company (ATEC) touted the capabilities of their respective engines in the quest by the U.S. Army to find new engines for the Apache and Black Hawk fleets under the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP). ATEC is a joint venture with Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney started in 2006. GE and ATEC have…
Sometime in the next few months, the U.S. Army will make an award in one of its most critical modernization efforts: the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP). In 2006, the Army began an effort with the aerospace industry to design and develop a new engine primarily intended to replace the existing power plant in its…
Huntsville, AL, July 30, 2018 – The Advanced Turbine Engine Company (ATEC), a joint venture of Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON) and the Pratt & Whitney Division of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX), submitted Phase II of its proposal for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) to the…
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…
Huntsville, Ala., April. 27, 2018 – The Advanced Turbine Engine Company (ATEC), a joint venture between Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE: HON) and the Pratt & Whitney Division of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX), successfully conducted the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) toward the development of the Army’s most advanced helicopter engine earlier this month. As part…