Advanced Turbine Engine Company (ATEC) Validates Installation Capability of T900 Improved Turbine Engine on Black Hawk and Apache Helicopters

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Dec. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Advanced Turbine Engine Company (ATEC), a joint venture of Honeywell (NYSE: HON) and Pratt & Whitney (NYSE: UTX), completed successful installation of a high-fidelity mockup of the T900 engine. The installation occurred in the left and right engine bays of a UH-60 Black Hawk and AH-64 Apache helicopter. Army officials commended ATEC on the success of the demonstration at Redstone Test Center, AL. 

"The successful installation of this mockup engine into these two helicopters validates the substantial progress and efforts ATEC, the aircraft manufacturers, and the Army have completed over the past decade," said Jerry Wheeler, vice president, Advanced Turbine Engine Company. "Developing an engine that produces 50 percent more power, is 20-25 percent more fuel efficient, and fits within the existing bay of the Black Hawk and Apache is an exciting technical challenge. This successful, first-time engine installation is a true validation that ATEC is ready to meet that challenge and that the T900 engine is the right choice for the Army in providing improved mission capabilities to our warfighters."

"ATEC demonstrated that the T900 engine can be installed and removed more quickly than the current engine," said Edwin Maldonado, ATEC Deputy Director for Product Support and a former UH-60 pilot and mechanic.

The T900 is ATEC's offering for the Army's Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP), which is developing a more powerful and efficient replacement for the current engine powering these two platforms.

Since completing the successful testing of two demonstrator engines in the Advanced Affordable Turbine Engine program in late 2014, ATEC has continued reducing risk for the T900 engine through numerous component rig tests that build on the already successful engine demonstrations. These additional tests help ATEC improve engine performance while providing further validation of the T900 dual-spool engine architecture. Since August 2016, the company has been executing preliminary design of the T900 engine through the Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR) phase of the ITEP program. This effort will result in a Preliminary Design Review of the T900 engine with the Army in March 2018. 

"We are focused on providing the warfighter with an innovative, world class engine that has superior performance, unmatched reliability, and the lowest-risk approach," said Craig Madden, president, Advanced Turbine Engine Company.

The ATEC joint venture brings together the world-class engineering, manufacturing, and production capabilities of two industry-leading companies perfectly suited for accomplishing the goals set forth by ITEP.

To learn more about ATEC and the T900 engine, visit ATEC online at www.dualspoolrules.com or on Twitter , Facebook , or LinkedIn.

This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning opportunities for development and potential production of helicopter engines. Actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to changes in government procurement priorities and practices, budget plans, and availability of funding; challenges in the design, development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies; as well as other risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those detailed from time to time in filings submitted by UTC and by Honeywell to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The information contained herein does not imply or constitute Department of Defense and/or Army endorsement.

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