The ITEP plans after 2025 to re-engine over 1,300 Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk and more than 600 Boeing AH-64 Apache, and was intended to power the now-canceled Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA).

In 2016, the Army awarded GE Aviation a $102-million, 24-month contract for the T901 preliminary design review for which a team of more than 100 engineers was assembled.

The GE-funded prototype six month testing was completed in October 2017, meeting or exceeding the ITEP performance and growth requirements.

Additive manufactured components lower weight by minimizing attaching features in assemblies and allows more advanced aerodynamic shapes for better engine performance, reliability and durability.

More durable and higher temperature CMCs replace metal alloys, needing less cooling and improving engine efficiency.