First NH90 TTH of the year arrives for French Army
A total of eight NH90 TTH transport helicopters are expected to be delivered to the French Army in 2022.
A 3D-printed model of the GE T901 engine installed on a UH-60M Black Hawk during a fit check. (Photo: US Army)
A 2023 target may be delayed for competitor helicopters involved in the US Army’s Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) programme to take part in a fly-off to determine which will go on to enter production, if General Electric’s (GE’s) T901 engine testing and development activities veer off course.
Looked upon as the ‘pacing item’ to reaching the fly-off phase, the T901 effort, which falls under the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP), has suffered from COVID-19 supply chain-related issues and will belatedly meet a First Engine To Test (FETT) milestone in March 2022.
‘As we wanted to fly FARA as rapidly as
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A total of eight NH90 TTH transport helicopters are expected to be delivered to the French Army in 2022.
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