The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded contracts totalling USD256 million to two companies to begin the process of developing a new helicopter powerplant, it announced on 23 August. The contracts, to General Electric (GE) for USD102 million and to Advanced Turbine Engine Company (ATEC) - a joint venture between Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney (P&W) -for USD154 million, take the programme through a preliminary design review (PDR) for an improved turbine engine for use on Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk and Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian helicopters.
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机译：美国国防部于8月23日宣布，已向两家公司授予总价值2.56亿美元的合同，以开始开发新的直升机动力装置。这些合同包括通用电气（GE）1.02亿美元和霍尼韦尔与普惠公司（P＆W）合资的先进涡轮发动机公司（ATEC），合同总额为1.54亿美元，将使该计划通过初步设计审查（PDR）用于Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk和波音AH-64E Apache Guardian直升机的改进涡轮发动机。
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