Phoenix, Ariz.-based Honeywell International has received a $75-million U.S. Air Force contract for Versatile Affordable Advanced Turbine Engines (VAATE) III and beyond. The VAATE program is a multiple government agency and industry joint effort to develop revolutionary and innovative technologies by the 2017 timeframe that will permit an order of magnitude increase in turbo-propulsion affordability over the year 2000 state-of-the-art technology. This effort focuses on Phase III of the VAATE program with future efforts for beyond Phase III. Included within the umbrella VAATE program is the Advanced Affordable Turbine Engine (AATE) program to develop an improved engine for many U.S. Army helicopters.
Work will be performed at Phoenix and is expected to be complete by Jan. 23, 2023. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition with 34 offers received. Fiscal year 2014 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $150,000 are being obligated at the time of award. U.S. Air Force Research Laboratories Wright Research Site Aerospace Systems Contracting Branch for Turbine Engines, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity.
