Army awards Boeing $34M contract to integrate Improved Turbine Engine

The Army on Aug. 28 awarded Boeing a $34 million contract to integrate the Improved Turbine Engine into the AH-64E Apache helicopter.

The service in January released a notice stating its intent to issue a sole-source award to Boeing, which owns the technical data package for the Apache.

General Electric Aviation won the competition to develop the ITE to replace the engines in both the Apache and Black Hawk helicopters, followed by a protest by Advanced Turbine Engine Co., which the Government Accountability Office ultimately rejected.

The ITE is also slated for use in the Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft, which the service wants to field by 2030.