Friday, August 29, 2008

T700

IOC: 1978
Total Production: 13,212

T700-GE-701C

IOC: 1990

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-701C is the follow on -701 engine and more powerful than preceding models. The AH-64D, UH-60L and late production AH-64A were powered by -701C engines.

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

Weights: Max Weight 207 kg (456 lb)

Power: Power 1,890 shp

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

Applications
A2C2S, AH-64D Apache, AH-64D Apache Longbow, HH-60G Pave Hawk, UH-60L Blackhawk, UH-60Q Medevac News
FMS: Brazil Requests UH-60L Helicopters

FMS: Colombia Wants UH-60L Medevac Helicopters

FMS: Brazil Seeks UH-60L Helicopters

FMS: Jordan Seeks F-16A MLU and UH-60L

Thailand Seeks UH-60L Blackhawk Helicopters

Operators

United States of America

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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