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RDT&E Program Element · President's Budget PB2027

Improved Turbine Engine Program

PE 0607139A·U.S. Army·Approp. 2040 — RDT&E·BA7 — Operational System Development
FY2027 Request
$0.0M
⚑ Contested — House approps adds $155.0M
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U.S. Army funding falls 100% to a $0.0M request in FY2027 (down from a FY2026 peak). In the FY2027 defense authorization, House appropriators added $155.0M (to $155.0M).

FY2027 Request
$0.0M
▼ 100% vs FY2026
House approps mark
$155.0M
▼ $155.0M vs request
FY2026 Enacted
$175.0M
In law

For fiscal year 2027, the U.S. Army is requesting $0.0M for Improved Turbine Engine Program under RDT&E program element 0607139A, down 100% from FY2026. In the FY2027 defense authorization, House approps moved to raise it to $155.0M.

Funding trajectory

Funding profile, FY2025–FY2031

Prior years are actuals, the budget year is the request, and the outyears are the FYDP plan. Estimate types are colored and never summed into one figure.

501001500127.6FY25ACTUAL175.0FY26ENACTED0.0FY27REQUEST0.0FY280.0FY290.0FY300.0FY31
Actual Enacted Request Outyear (FYDP)
Fiscal YearEstimate TypeAmount ($M)
FY2025Actual127.6
FY2026Enacted175.0
FY2027Request0.0
FY2028Outyear0.0
FY2029Outyear0.0
FY2030Outyear0.0
FY2031Outyear0.0
Where it sits

Acquisition lifecycle

This program is funded in RDT&E Budget Activity 7 — Operational System Development.

Complete
Research
BA 1–2
Complete
Advanced Technology
BA 3
Complete
Prototyping
BA 4
Current
Development & Fielding
BA 5–7
Inside the program element

1 project rolls up into PE 0607139A

Projects are the summable leaves — the PE total is their sum, never added to it. Program elements and projects carry the full five-year plan; activities stop at the budget year. This PE moves -100% overall, which can hide much larger swings below.

Project ES6

Improved Turbine Engine Program

—FY2027 request ▼ 100%
FY2025 actual$127.6M
FY2026 enacted$175.0M
FY2027 request—
Management ServicesProduct DevelopmentSupportTest and Evaluation

This funding line is a key enabler of the Army Modernization Priorities in support of the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP). ITEP develops, tests, qualifies, and integrates the next generation turboshaft engine on Black Hawk and Apache aircraft. The Improved Turbine Engine (ITE) replaces the existing T700 engine design originated in the 1970s and meets the operational requirement of 6,000 feet pressure altitude and 95 degrees (6K/95). The ITE will fit inside the existing engine bays of the Black Hawk and Apache Helicopters and provides a significant power enhancement of up to fifty percent (total of 3,000 class shaft horsepower) with increased fuel efficiency. Additional benefits include improved design life, enhanced reliability, lower maintenance cost and restored capability lost due to aircraft weight growth without an increase to the logistics footprint. The program consists of systems engineering and program management, detailed design engineering, design assurance, hardware manufacturing and testing, component and module level development and testing, system level testing and qualification, and platform integration and qualification.

Accomplishments / planned programs (R-2A) — prior, current and budget year only
ITEP
FY2025 actual$64.6M
FY2026 enacted—
FY2027 request—

FY2025 accomplishments FY 2025 continues Preliminary Flight Rating (PFR) testing, continues detailed test planning, provides for delivery of flight test engines and continues Black Hawk aircraft testing activities. Program achieved First Flight on 13 May 2025.

Congressional action

The request is contested

Committee marks on the FY2027 request. Adds and cuts are reconciled in conference before they become law.

RequestPresident's Budget
$0.0M
House Approps (HAC-D)HAC_D
$155.0M +$155.0M
unresolved as of 2026-07-27. These are FY2027 authorization marks (NDAA); appropriations and the conference agreement may differ.
Program detail

Mission & acquisition strategy

This funding line is a key enabler of the Army Modernization Priorities in support of the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP). ITEP develops, tests, qualifies, and integrates the next generation turboshaft engine on Black Hawk and Apache aircraft. The Improved Turbine Engine (ITE) replaces the existing T700 engine design originated in the 1970s and meets the operational requirement of 6,000 feet pressure altitude and 95 degrees (6K/95). The ITE will fit inside the existing engine bays of the Black Hawk and Apache Helicopters and provides a significant power enhancement of up to fifty percent (total of 3,000 class shaft horsepower) with increased fuel efficiency.

Following a successful Milestone B decision, a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract was awarded to GE Aerospace for EMD contractual effort in FY 2019. ITEP Platform Integration Trade Studies Contracts were awarded to the Boeing Company and the Sikorsky Corporation in FY 2015. In FY 2019, two follow-on efforts were awarded to design and develop A-kits to integrate the ITE into both the Apache and Black Hawk platforms. Following the Army Aviation Investment Rebalance of February 2024, the Army has taken a serial approach to integrating the engine onto the two required platforms. FY 2025 Congressional Plus Up will allow ITEP to continue Test Cell engine testing as well as Black Hawk Integration testing.

Project ES6 — Improved Turbine Engine Program
  • Management Services
  • Product Development
  • Support
  • Test and Evaluation
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FY2027 Department of the Army RDT&E Budget Justification · Exhibits R-2 / R-3 · PE 0607139A (President's Budget PB2027) — and FY2027 NDAA committee marks, as tracked 2026-07-27.
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