{"id":24027,"date":"2019-06-07T20:31:34","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T20:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/06\/07\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:05:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:05:53","slug":"how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2019\/06\/07\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\/","title":{"rendered":"How did the two offerings competing to be the US Army\u2019s future engine measure up?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Cost appears to have played a major role in the Army\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2019\/02\/02\/general-electric-wins-517-million-contract-to-build-engines-for-armys-next-generation-helicopters\/\" target=_blank>decision to pick GE Aviation\u2019s T901 engine<\/a> for its future helicopter engine, based on a look at documents laying out the service\u2019s post-award analysis, obtained by Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet, other factors not shown could have also contributed to the Army\u2019s choice, which the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2019\/02\/19\/atec-protests-loss-of-key-army-helicopter-engine-contract\/\" target=_blank>Government Accountability Office upheld following a protest<\/a> from losing team Advanced Turbine Engine Company (ATEC) \u2014 a partnership between Honeywell and Pratt &amp; Whitney.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2019\/05\/30\/atec-pushes-to-stay-in-army-helo-engine-program-post-protest\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"129\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Black-hawk-2.jpg-2.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Honeywell-Pratt &#038; Whitney team push to stay in Army helo engine program, despite losing protest<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Could the team find a way back in to the ITEP program, opening up competition again with GE in the engineering and manufacturing development phase?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The GAO is expected to release a redacted version of its decision next week, which could shed more light on how the Army decided to move forward with GE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the cost of GE\u2019S engine seems to have been a deciding factor, the document outlining the service\u2019s criteria to determine a winning engine design to move into the engineering and manufacturing development phase states that \u201call non-cost\/price factors when combined are significantly more important than cost\/price factor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to that chart, the Army said it would primarily measure the engine submissions against its engine design and development, followed by cost\/price, followed by life-cycle costs and then small business participation in order of importance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army assessed ATEC\u2019s and GE\u2019s technical risk as good and gave ATEC a risk rating of low while it gave GE a risk rating of moderate when considering engineering design and development for each offering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both GE and ATEC had moderate risk ratings when it came to engine design and performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And while GE received a technical risk rating of moderate for component design and systems test and evaluation, ATEC received low risk ratings for both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Almost all other technology risk assessments and risk ratings were the same for both engine offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GE scored \u201coutstanding\u201d in platform integration capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based off the chart, it appears ATEC won, so its likely the documents are not an exhaustive representation of how the Army decided to move forward with GE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While both ATEC and GE offered prices within the Army\u2019s requirements, GE came in 30 percent lower in cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And according to Brig. Gen. Thomas Todd, the program executive officer for aviation, in an interview with Defense News in April, GE was also working on trying to s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/aaaa\/2019\/04\/15\/army-sees-path-to-accelerate-itep-engine-program-with-ge\/\" target=_blank>hrink the timeline within the EMD phase by roughly a year<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, in ATEC\u2019s view, the charts show it had offered the best value product to the Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ATEC\u2019s president, Craig Madden, told Defense News that the company took the Army\u2019s selection criteria laid out in the request for proposals seriously across the board from engineering design and development factors to cost to even small business participation, where it scored higher than GE in the analysis chart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe did come in higher in cost but this was considered a best value evaluation and not lowest price, technically acceptable,\u201d Madden said. \u201cI think low price is good for a plastic canteen or a bayonet, it\u2019s not good for a highly technical turbine engine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And despite coming in at a higher cost, Jerry Wheeler, ATEC\u2019s vice president said, the up front cost in the EMD phase will be higher but the delta would shrink when considering life-cycle costs of both engine offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both ATEC and GE received good technical ratings and were given risk ratings of low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When just going by the chart, GE\u2019s four moderate risk ratings in key categories means \u201cthey could have disruption in schedule, increased cost and degradation of performance,\u201d Madden said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added ATEC was also focused on lowering risk, so that, although the Army offered incentives to finish the EMD phase earlier than 66 months, ATEC presented a plan to complete at 66 months with a plan to look at acceleration wherever possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ATEC is now pushing to be a part of the EMD phase, essentially extending the competition, so that more data on engines can be garnered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army had periodically weighed keeping the EMD phase competitive with two vendors, but ultimately chose to downselect to one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For GE, the Army made the right decision and had enough data to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe U.S. Army competitively selected GE\u2019s T901 engine over ATEC T900 engine after more than 12 years of development,\u201d David Wilson told Defense News in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThose 12 years included the Advanced Affordable Turbine Engine (AATE) program, during which both companies ran tow full engine tests,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, both companies executed a 24-month technology maturation and risk reduction contract where GE self-funded and successfully completed and tested a third engine, a full-sized T901 prototype engine, with successful tests on all components, Wilson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve done three full-engine tests and provided an unprecedented amount of test data to the Army for them to determine which engine was the best to move forward with in EMD,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Funding a second engine through EMD would cost more than twice as much and delay critical Army modernization by at least two years, Wilson argued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Documents obtained by Defense News show how two competing engines measured up in a competition to be chosen as the engine replacement for Black Hawks and Apache helicopters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":44521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":14,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[160,14,36],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3330],"class_list":["post-24027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-land","category-newsletters"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"KE6T7ZKSGVAUNKWLXDLKPFFKDY","arc_canonical_url":"\/land\/2019\/06\/07\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How did the two offerings competing to be the US Army\u2019s future engine measure up? - Defense News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Documents obtained by Defense News show how two competing engines measured up in a competition to be chosen as the engine replacement for Black Hawks and Apache helicopters.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How did the two offerings competing to be the US Army\u2019s future engine measure up?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Documents obtained by Defense News show how two competing engines measured up in a competition to be chosen as the engine replacement for Black Hawks and Apache helicopters.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2019\/06\/07\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Defense News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-06-07T20:31:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-07T22:05:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jen Judson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jen Judson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\n\t    \"@context\": \"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\n\t    \"@graph\": [\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Article\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/07\\\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\\\/#article\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/07\\\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"author\": {\n\t                \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"headline\": \"How did the two offerings competing to be the US Army\u2019s future engine measure up?\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2019-06-07T20:31:34+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-07T22:05:53+00:00\",\n\t            \"mainEntityOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/07\\\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\\\/\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"wordCount\": 848,\n\t            \"commentCount\": 0,\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/07\\\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/fort.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"articleSection\": [\n\t                \"Daily News Roundup\",\n\t                \"Land\",\n\t                \"Newsletters\"\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"CommentAction\",\n\t                    \"name\": \"Comment\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/07\\\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\\\/#respond\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebPage\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/07\\\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\\\/\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/07\\\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"How did the two offerings competing to be the US Army\u2019s future engine measure up? - Defense News\",\n\t            \"isPartOf\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#website\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"primaryImageOfPage\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/07\\\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/07\\\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\\\/#primaryimage\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"thumbnailUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/fort.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"datePublished\": \"2019-06-07T20:31:34+00:00\",\n\t            \"dateModified\": \"2026-08-07T22:05:53+00:00\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Documents obtained by Defense News show how two competing engines measured up in a competition to be chosen as the engine replacement for Black Hawks and Apache helicopters.\",\n\t            \"breadcrumb\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/07\\\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\\\/#breadcrumb\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ReadAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": [\n\t                        \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/07\\\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\\\/\"\n\t                    ]\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/07\\\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\\\/#primaryimage\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/fort.jpg.jpg\",\n\t            \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/fort.jpg.jpg\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/2019\\\/06\\\/07\\\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\\\/#breadcrumb\",\n\t            \"itemListElement\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 1,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Home\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"home\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 2,\n\t                    \"name\": \"Land\",\n\t                    \"item\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/land\\\/\",\n\t                    \"ad_zone\": \"land\"\n\t                },\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"ListItem\",\n\t                    \"position\": 3,\n\t                    \"name\": \"How did the two offerings competing to be the US Army\u2019s future engine measure up?\"\n\t                }\n\t            ]\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"WebSite\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#website\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Defense News\",\n\t            \"description\": \"Covering the politics, business and technology of defense | Defense News\",\n\t            \"publisher\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#organization\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"potentialAction\": [\n\t                {\n\t                    \"@type\": \"SearchAction\",\n\t                    \"target\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"EntryPoint\",\n\t                        \"urlTemplate\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"\n\t                    },\n\t                    \"query-input\": {\n\t                        \"@type\": \"PropertyValueSpecification\",\n\t                        \"valueRequired\": true,\n\t                        \"valueName\": \"search_term_string\"\n\t                    }\n\t                }\n\t            ],\n\t            \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\"\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#organization\",\n\t            \"name\": \"Defense News\",\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/\",\n\t            \"logo\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/defensenews-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/defensenews-logo-white.png\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"Defense News\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"\n\t            }\n\t        },\n\t        {\n\t            \"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t            \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1\",\n\t            \"name\": \"migration\",\n\t            \"image\": {\n\t                \"@type\": \"ImageObject\",\n\t                \"inLanguage\": \"en-US\",\n\t                \"@id\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec\",\n\t                \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"contentUrl\": \"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\n\t                \"caption\": \"migration\"\n\t            },\n\t            \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/one.sightlinemg.com\\\/defensenews\\\/author\\\/migration\\\/\"\n\t        }\n\t    ]\n\t}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How did the two offerings competing to be the US Army\u2019s future engine measure up? - Defense News","description":"Documents obtained by Defense News show how two competing engines measured up in a competition to be chosen as the engine replacement for Black Hawks and Apache helicopters.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How did the two offerings competing to be the US Army\u2019s future engine measure up?","og_description":"Documents obtained by Defense News show how two competing engines measured up in a competition to be chosen as the engine replacement for Black Hawks and Apache helicopters.","og_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2019\/06\/07\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\/","og_site_name":"Defense News","article_published_time":"2019-06-07T20:31:34+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-07T22:05:53+00:00","author":"Jen Judson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jen Judson","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2019\/06\/07\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2019\/06\/07\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\/"},"author":{"name":"migration","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1"},"headline":"How did the two offerings competing to be the US Army\u2019s future engine measure up?","datePublished":"2019-06-07T20:31:34+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-07T22:05:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2019\/06\/07\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\/"},"wordCount":848,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2019\/06\/07\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fort.jpg.jpg","articleSection":["Daily News Roundup","Land","Newsletters"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2019\/06\/07\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2019\/06\/07\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2019\/06\/07\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\/","name":"How did the two offerings competing to be the US Army\u2019s future engine measure up? - Defense News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2019\/06\/07\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2019\/06\/07\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fort.jpg.jpg","datePublished":"2019-06-07T20:31:34+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-07T22:05:53+00:00","description":"Documents obtained by Defense News show how two competing engines measured up in a competition to be chosen as the engine replacement for Black Hawks and Apache helicopters.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2019\/06\/07\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2019\/06\/07\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2019\/06\/07\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fort.jpg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fort.jpg.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2019\/06\/07\/how-did-the-two-offerings-competing-to-be-the-us-armys-future-engine-measure-up\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/","ad_zone":"home"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Land","item":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/","ad_zone":"land"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How did the two offerings competing to be the US Army\u2019s future engine measure up?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/","name":"Defense News","description":"Covering the politics, business and technology of defense | Defense News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#organization","name":"Defense News","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/defensenews-logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/defensenews-logo-white.png","caption":"Defense News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/#\/schema\/person\/cc76c831bb37a926738c8391fca7a3b1","name":"migration","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=gcf4cb6ee0ec29e49e7a963234e4340ec","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e8d47be443ce94ce7fc357677b5f9c70235bb1f59e7267a102a74af58c04f59?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"migration"},"url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/author\/migration\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Defense News","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews","push-errors":false,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fort.jpg.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24027"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74780,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24027\/revisions\/74780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24027"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=24027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}