{"id":61378,"date":"2019-05-30T21:40:56","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T21:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/05\/30\/atec-pushes-to-stay-in-army-helo-engine-program-post-protest\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:29:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:29:23","slug":"atec-pushes-to-stay-in-army-helo-engine-program-post-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2019\/05\/30\/atec-pushes-to-stay-in-army-helo-engine-program-post-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Honeywell-Pratt &#038; Whitney team push to stay in Army helo engine program, despite losing protest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Advanced Turbine Engine Company \u2014 a team of Honeywell and Pratt &amp; Whitney \u2014 is pushing to stay in the Army\u2019s helicopter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/dsei\/2017\/09\/11\/us-army-on-track-to-award-future-helicopter-engine-contract-late-next-year\/\" target=_blank>engine replacement program <\/a>after the Army chose competitor GE Aviation and the Government Accountability Office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2019\/02\/19\/atec-protests-loss-of-key-army-helicopter-engine-contract\/\" target=_blank>denied its protest<\/a> of the service\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ATEC was notified of the GAO\u2019s decision to deny the protest May 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Improved Turbine Engine Program will replace both UH-60 Black Hawk utility and AH-64 Apache attack helicopters\u2019 1970s-era T700 engines and will also power the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft the Army is planning to procure as part of a major modernization effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After years of creeping slowly through science and technology and development phases of the ITEP program, the service awarded a $517 million award Feb. 1 for the engineering and manufacturing development phase to General Electric Aviation, which will supply its T901 engine.<\/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\/air\/2019\/02\/02\/general-electric-wins-517-million-contract-to-build-engines-for-armys-next-generation-helicopters\/\" 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=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-23-at-5.28.16-PM.png.png?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\">General Electric wins $517 million contract to build engines for Army\u2019s next generation helicopters<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The engine will also replace the current systems in the AH-64 Apache and UH-60 Black Hawk.<\/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\">But ATEC filed a protest with the GAO shortly after the contract award following a debrief with the Army on the results of the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And while the GAO worked toward a decision, ATEC has been building its case for the Army to keep it and GE in competition through the EMD phase in order to build more substantial data along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe firmly believe our T900 engine was the best value for our customer and the best engine for the warfighter,\u201d Craig Madden, ATEC\u2019s president told Defense News in a recent interview. \u201cBut we also believe the Army needs and deserves more information to commit to an engine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe appreciate the thorough review of our protest as conducted by the Government Accountability Office,\u201d Madden said in a May 30 statement. \u201cWe are disappointed in the outcome and are currently reviewing the decision in detail. The GAO findings notwithstanding, a procurement this crucial should never be made based on paper proposals,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ATEC has taken to Capitol Hill since the Army\u2019s decision to ask Congress to consider keeping both competitors further into the EMD phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat ensures that the actual engines are put to the test on the stand as opposed to just having a proposal down-select,&#8221; Madden said in the interview. \u201cThey have never seen the actual engine run.\u201d<\/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\/air\/2015\/10\/10\/pratt-ge-battle-for-future-of-military-engines\/\" 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=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635793843745119890-dfn-us-army-black-hawk-2-jpg.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\">Pratt, GE Battle for Future of Military Engines<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The US Air Force and the Army are moving toward next-generation engines they hope will boost fuel efficiency and power.<\/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\">While the science and technology phase did involve building engines for testing, a complete engine design built as a final, manufacturable product, won\u2019t happen until later in the EMD phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Historically, the Army has thoroughly tested competing engines before choosing a winner, and, this time, the decision will be a lasting one \u2014 the service typically keeps engines for decades. In the case of ITEP, it will replace engines in Black Hawks and Apaches that will fly for another 30 years at least and will be the new engine in a future aircraft that will likely still be flying 50 or 60 years from now.<\/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\/digital-show-dailies\/aaaa\/2016\/05\/02\/itep-engine-would-ideally-drop-into-fvl-aircraft\/\" 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=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635977868411168870-blackhawkmedevacjpg.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\">ITEP Engine Would Ideally Drop Into FVL Aircraft<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The stars are aligning for the Improved Turbine Engine Program engine to be the ideal choice for FVL.<\/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\">Keeping both engines in the EMD phase \u201cgreatly reduces risk to the program and provides data for the customer to make a data-based decision,\u201d Jerry Wheeler, ATEC\u2019s vice president, said in the same interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s also consistent with the position we have taken all along,&#8221; Wheeler said. &#8220;Every time the Army has ever asked us how we would feel about the down-select being deeper in the test phase, into the EMD phase, we have always told them we would welcome the opportunity to compete our engine against our competitors on the test stand as opposed to in a proposal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army said earlier this year that the 90-day GAO protest would not delay the next phase of the ITEP program. The service was, in fact, <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>looking to move more quickly than previously planned<\/a> and GE had a way to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ITEP program is expected to reach full operational capability in fiscal year 2026, but the service has provided incentives to move more quickly, potentially even a year ahead of schedule, Brig. Gen. 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