GE Aviation has hit another milestone for the T901-GE-900 engine, GE’s offering for the U.S. Army’s Improved Turbine Engine Program.

In our next installment of Quick Six, The Bike Shop sat down with Greg Gass, a director of strategic and Army programs at GE Aviation in Washington, DC.

GE Aviation hosted the U.S. Amy for the successful Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the T901-GE-900 engine. The T901 is GE Aviation’s engine for the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP), an undertaking to re-engine the U.S. Army’s Boeing AH-64 Apaches and Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawks.

GE Aviation successfully completed testing a T901-GE-900 turboshaft engine prototype in support of the United States Army’s Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP).

The end users of GE Aviation's products have a unique job. They are serving in their country’s military to protect its citizens. As the number of threats in the world increase, pilots need to fly farther while carrying more cargo and using less fuel. The engines they use need to be reliable and easy to maintain. It sounds like a tall order, but GE has a long history of providing our warfighters with the capability they need!

Built on insights from four decades of proven performance on the T700 engine, the newly designed T901 (formerly GE3000) will deliver more power, fuel efficiency, and durability for the Army's Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP). Follow our journey through the world of T901 engines, below!

GE Aviation is on the final phase to create its most vertically integrated, new material system ever introduced in the United States. By 2020, GE Aviation is projected to have more than 750 U.S. employees dedicated to its CMC industry.

GE Aviation successfully began testing the first full engine in the Future Affordable Turbine Engine (FATE) program under a cooperative agreement between GE and the US Army. The engine is designed to meet a series of aggressive goals including a 35% reduction in specific fuel consumption, 80% improvement in power-to-weight, 20% improvement in design life and 45% reduction in production and maintenance costs relative to currently fielded engines.

The United States Army has awarded GE Aviation a $100-million, 24-month contract leading to a Preliminary Design Review of the GE3000 engine for the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP).