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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.<ref name=GE21nov2011/>
==Design==
To extend [[Range (aeronautics)|range]] and [[Endurance (aeronautics)|endurance]] and to increase [[hot-and-high]] payload and performance, it should reduce [[Brake specific fuel consumption|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.<ref name=GE21nov2011/>
==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.<ref name=GE21nov2011>{{cite press release |url= https://www.geaviation.com/press-release/business-general-aviation/ge-selected-future-affordable-turbine-engine-program |title= GE Selected for Future Affordable Turbine Engine Program |date= November 21, 2011 |publisher= GE Aviation}}</ref>
In 2017, following the successful tests of the engine’s [[compressor]] with the highest single-spool [[Overall pressure ratio|pressure ratio]] recorded, [[combustor]] with GE's most extensive use of [[ceramic matrix composites|CMC]]s 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.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.americanmachinist.com/shop-operations/ge-aviation-army-complete-future-engine-tests |title= GE Aviation, Army Complete Future Engine Tests |author= Robert Brooks |date= Oct 9, 2017 |work= American Machinist}}</ref>
==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]])
==References==
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[[Category:Aircraft engines]]
[[Category:Turboshaft engines]]