With FARA prototype engines on the way, Sikorsky looks ahead to testing

By Dan Schere / October 9, 2023 at 5:30 AM
Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky is looking ahead to the next series of tests its prototype for the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft will undergo, namely flight testing sometime next year. The Army announced last week that the T901 prototype engines under the service’s Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP), which will power the aircraft, will be delivered sometime later this month. One engine was accepted by the Army on Sept. 28 and another was “going through the acceptance process” as of Oct. 4,...

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