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…
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….
The U.S. Army believes that future high-end conflicts will require aviation assets, particularly helicopters, that are long range, fast-moving and highly lethal. Future military helicopters will need to lift more weight, generate greater power and use less fuel. Read more at Real Clear Defense
Huntsville, Ala., Feb. 14, 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), submitted the first of two proposals to the United States Army Contracting Command for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of…