Mon, May 12, 2008
Tasked With Developing New Helicopter Turbine For US Army
The Advanced Turbine Engine Company,
LLC (ATEC), a Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney joint venture, was
awarded a $108 million contract by the US Army for the Advanced
Affordable Turbine Engine (AATE) technology demonstrator
program.
The AATE demonstrator program is designed to validate the
technologies needed to achieve the Army's aggressive performance
goals of 65 percent improvement in shaft horsepower (SHP)/weight
ratio and a 25 percent improvement in specific fuel consumption
(SFC) for the next generation 3,000 SHP turboshaft engine. This
engine is planned to replace the T700 engine now powering UH-60
Black Hawk and AH-64 Apache helicopters.
"ATEC brings together the advanced technologies and engineering
expertise of two industry leaders in gas turbine technology and
development," said Dave Katariya, ATEC program director and
Honeywell engineering director.
Jerry Wheeler, ATEC deputy program director and Pratt &
Whitney program manager, said, "The ATEC team is focused on
leveraging these strengths to meet the Army's performance goals for
the next generation turboshaft engine. The advanced 3,000 SHP
market represents a tremendous business growth opportunity, and we
are excited about teaming to develop this new engine."
Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney announced the formation of
ATEC and the intent to submit a joint proposal to the US Army's
Aviation Applied Technology Directorate to develop an advanced
turboshaft engine for the Advanced Affordable Turbine Engine
technology demonstrator program at the Paris Air Show last year
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