The US Army has completed the first phase of testing the advanced T901 engine, which will be used on the UH-60 Black Hawk multirole helicopters and the AH-64 Apache attack helicopters. Defense News writes about it.

It is stated that the engine has been running for 100 hours since the first launch on March 22. “During the event, the operational characteristics of the army’s next-generation helicopter engine were successfully tested and confirmed,” the US Army said in a statement. Said.

In 2019, the Army selected General Electric’s T901 engine as part of its Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP). A 3,000 horsepower plant will also be delivered by promising attack helicopters. It was noted that flight tests of prototypes with a new engine will begin in the fall. At the end of the tests, samples of the new engine will run for 5,000 hours.