{"id":64983,"date":"2023-10-04T16:05:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T16:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/10\/04\/army-accepts-delayed-next-gen-engine-for-future-attack-recon-aircraft\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:58:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:58:26","slug":"army-accepts-delayed-next-gen-engine-for-future-attack-recon-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/techwatch\/2023\/10\/04\/army-accepts-delayed-next-gen-engine-for-future-attack-recon-aircraft\/","title":{"rendered":"Army accepts delayed next-gen engine for future attack recon aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Army has accepted the first of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/techwatch\/2023\/03\/15\/us-armys-new-helicopter-engine-hit-with-another-delay\/\" target=\"_blank\">long-delayed<\/a> next-generation engine, which is set to power the U.S. Army\u2019s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft as well as AH-64 Apache and UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, the service announced Oct. 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second T901 engine for the Improved Turbine Engine Program is still going through the acceptance process and will be delivered to the two companies competitively building FARA prototypes by the end of October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ll see some delivery of engines here in the next 30 days,\u201d Brig. 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Phillip Baker,<b> <\/b>who is in charge of the service\u2019s future vertical lift modernization efforts, told Defense News in an interview ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/\" target=\"_blank\">Association of the U.S. Army\u2019s annual conference<\/a>, which runs Oct. 9-11. \u201cThat will allow us to move forward, and in \u201924 we will get to ground runs and some limited flight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">General Electric Aerospace, which is developing the next-generation engine through the ITEP effort, wants to recover from issues that first arose as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, causing nearly a year delay for the FARA competitive prototyping program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GE not only ran into problems with sub-suppliers, but also \u201chad a brain drain\u201d with the exit of experienced quality-control managers, engineers and other technical employees during that time, the former Future Vertical Lift Cross-Functional Team director, Maj. 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