Improved Turbine Engine Program
The Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP), formerly the Advanced Affordable Turbine Engine (AATE) program, is a United States Army project to develop a General Electric T700 replacement for the UH-60 Black Hawk and AH-64 Apache, improving fuel consumption, power, durability and cost. Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney formed the ATEC joint venture to develop the T900, while GE Aviation builds the T901. In February 2019, the US Army selected the GE T901 as the winner of the program.
Both the UH-60 and AH-64 are to be powered by the Improved Turbine Engine (ITE).
The new turboshaft should replace the GE T700.
The General Electric T700 and CT7 are a family of turboshaft and turboprop engines in the 1,500–3,000 shp (1,100–2,200 kW) class.
General Electric T700
US Marines perform maintenance on the T700-GE-401C from a Bell UH-1Y helicopter
A U.S. Navy Sailor performing maintenance on a T700 engine from a MH-60R Sea Hawk.