This article first appeared in the January 1990 Flight Test News.
GE Aircraft Engines has been awarded a contract for the U.S. Army portion of the Joint Turbine Advanced Gas Generator (JTAGG) program. GE is teamed on the JTAGG program with Garrett Engine Division of Allied-Signal Aerospace Company, Phoenix, AZ. Total value of the 56-month cost sharing contract is $26,118,000.
The JTAGG contract, one of the two similar but non-matching contracts, was issued by the Army at Fort Eustis, VA. It represents the first phase of an ongoing DOD/NASA Integrated High Performance Turbine Technology initiative designed to double propulsion capability by the turn of the century. The program’s specific objective is the development of gas generator technologies for future Army/Navy/Air Force turboshaft engines in the 10-30 pound/second airflow class and turbofan/turbojet engines of up to 15,000 pounds of thrust.
Each contractor’s JTAGG development effort will be conducted under a tri-service agreement with individual contracts from the Army, Navy and Air Force so that service identity and responsibility can be maintained. Navy and Air Force contracts are pending award. Once all contracts are awarded, a joint management team will direct the project.
This article first appeared in the January 1990 Flight Test News.