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T700

IOC: 1978
Total Production: 13,212

T700-GE-401

Origin:United States of America

Contractor/s: General Electric

Description: The T700 engine was designed for the US Army's UH-60A Black Hawk helicopter as a result of lessons learned in Vietnam. The key requirements of this engine were reliability, operation under adverse environmental conditions and low maintainability.

The T700-GE-401 engine was the first engine qualified, under US Navy's rigorous salt ingestion tests, suitable for shipboard operations. This engine was selected to power AH-1Z/W and UH-1Y among other naval helicopters.

Specifications
Dimensions: Diameter 400 mm, Length 1,170 mm

Weights: Max Weight 200 kg (441 lb)

Power: Power 1,723 shp

Family Members:
CT7, CT7-8, CT7-8C, CT7-8E, T700-GE-401C, T700-GE-700, T700-GE-701, T700-GE-701C, T700-GE-701D, T700-T6A, T700-T6A1, T700-T6E, T700-T6E1, T706-GE-700 Related Equipment
Derived from: T700-GE-700

Applications
AH-1W Super Cobra, SH-2G Super Seasprite Operators

United States of America

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Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2008

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