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Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney awarded engine demonstrator contract
The demonstrator programme is designed to validate the technologies needed to achieve the Army's 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 programme director and Honeywell engineering director. Jerry Wheeler, ATEC deputy programme director and Pratt & Whitney programme 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 programme at the Paris Air Show last year.
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The Advanced Turbine Engine Company, LLC (ATEC), a Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney joint venture, has been awarded a $108 million contract by the US Army for the Advanced Affordable Turbine Engine (AATE) technology demonstrator programme.