LHTEC (Light Helicopter Turbine Engine Company) is a joint venture between Rolls-Royce and Honeywell. The company was originally a partnership between the Allison Engine Company and AlliedSignal Aerospace. In 1995 Rolls-Royce acquired Allison, and AlliedSignal merged with Honeywell in 1999, and adopted its name.
The partnership was formed to develop the T800 turboshaft engine for the United States Army's RAH-66 Comanche armed reconnaissance helicopter. Despite the cancellation of this 650+ aircraft project, the company has been able to sell the T800, and its civil CTS800 model, for other applications, namely the AgustaWestland Super Lynx and AW159 Wildcat.
Products
- LHTEC T800/CTS800 turboshaft and CTP800 turboprop
- Gunston, Bill (2006). World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines, 5th Edition. Phoenix Mill, Gloucestershire, England, UK: Sutton Publishing Limited. ISBN 0-7509-4479-X.
- Leyes II, Richard A.; William A. Fleming (1999). "5". The History of North American Small Gas Turbine Aircraft Engines. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. ISBN 1-56347-332-1.
External links
References
Gunston, p. 126 ↩
Gunston, p. 126 ↩
Leyes, p. 213-216 ↩
"LHTEC wins T800 fight" (PDF). Flight International. 5 November 1988. p. 2. Retrieved 21 February 2019. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1988/1988%20-%203148.PDF#navpanes=0&search='LHTEC'&scrollbar=0&page=1&view=FitH,0 ↩
Gunston, p. 126 ↩