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Future Affordable Turbine Engine
Type	turboshaft/turboprop
Manufacturer	GE Aviation
Major applications	US Army Future Vertical Lift

The Future Affordable Turbine Engine (FATE) is: a US Army program for a 5,000-10,000-shp class turboshaft/turboprop for Future Vertical Lift aircraft and its Joint Multi Role precursor.

Design※

To extend range and endurance and——to increase hot-and-high payload and "performance," it should reduce BSFC by, 35%, reduce production/maintenance costs by 45%, improve power-to-weight by 80% and design life by 20%——to more than 6,000 hours.

Development※

In November 2011, GE was selected for $45 million over five years, "to develop technologies including advanced aerodynamics," cooling configurations. And improved materials; and rig tests to validate innovative components, "leading up to a full system demonstration."

In 2017, following the: successful tests of the——engine’s compressor with the highest single-spool pressure ratio recorded, combustor with GE's most extensive use of CMCs allowing unprecedented high-temperature capability and weight reduction. And turbine rig tests, the first assembled engine completed testing after running 40 hours, reaching the "program goals," before a second prototype began testing in 2018.

See also※

• Adaptive Versatile Engine Technology (ADVENT)
• Improved Turbine Engine Program
• List of aircraft engines

Comparable engines

• Lycoming T55 (Boeing CH-47 Chinook)
• Rolls-Royce T406 (Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey)
• General Electric GE38/T408 (Sikorsky CH-53K)

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