12-Dec-22 - US Navy aviation repair and maintenance facility Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) at MCAS Cherry Point, NC conducts test run of first disassembled GE T408 engine which powers the new US Marine Corps heavy lift helicopter Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion
13-May-21 - US Army, Boeing and GE complete successful CH-47D demonstration program with T408 engines which offer a 54% increase in power. Valuable insights obtained to the benefits and integration risks of a re-engined more powerful Chinook #T408
23-Sep-20 - The US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center (CCDC AvMC) completed the first flight of a NCH-47D Chinook re-engined with the GE Aviation T408-GE-400 #T408
20-Apr-20 - Boeing, GE Aviation and the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Aviation & Missile Center completed another ground test of the T408-GE-400 engines on a NCH-47D Chinook to evaluate the feasibility and reduce risks of repowering the entire Chinook fleet with a more technologically advanced turboshaft engine #T408
17-Nov-17 - NAVAIR awarded $143M contract to GE Aviation for Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) of 22 T408-GE-400 engines for the new US Marine Corps helicopter Sikorsky CH-53K
27-Oct-15 - General Electric’s largest turboshaft engine, the GE38-1B with military designation T408, successfully powered the first flight of the future USMC’ heavy lift helicopter, the Sikorsky CH-53K. The King Stallion used three 7,332-rated shaft horsepower engines #T408
27-Aug-12 - LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS - GE reports that four GE38 turboshaft engines in support of Sikorsky Aircraft's CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter program under development for the U.S. Marine Corps, continue to demonstrate maturity and durable operating capabilities during testing at GE's Lynn, Massachusetts, facility as well as MTU's Munich, Germany, facility. A fifth factory test engine will join the program later this year. GE has also built seven engines for the CH-53K flight test program, with the 13 remaining engines to be manufactured during the next seven months.
