T700-GE-401C Engines to Power Singapore Naval Hawk
Helicopters
(Source: GE Aircraft Engines; issued March 2, 2005)
LYNN, MASS. --- T700-GE-401C turboshaft engines will power six new
Sikorsky S-70BTM twin-engine Naval Hawk helicopters ordered by the
Singapore Ministry of Defence.
Delivery of the engines to Sikorsky will begin in 2007, with
delivery of the helicopters scheduled to begin in 2008.
"We are gratified to have been selected by the Singapore Navy,"
said Ed Birtwell, GE's vice president, Turboshaft Engines. "This
customer is technically demanding, setting very high standards, and
we are confident that the T700 will continue to meet their
expectations."
The T700-GE-401C, rated at 1,800 shaft horsepower, is part of GE's
highly popular family of T700/CT7 turboshaft and turboprop engines.
Since entering service in 1978, more than 13,000 T700/CT7 engines
have amassed more than 50 million flight-hours powering aircraft in
service throughout the world.
T700-GE-701C engines have been in service for three years powering
Singapore's eight Boeing AH-64D Apache helicopters.
GE Transportation, Aircraft Engines, a part of General Electric
Company, is one of the world's leading manufacturers of jet engines
for civil and military aircraft.
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