GE Aerospace and Kratos Partner to Develop Small Engines for Military Drones
GE Aerospace and Kratos Partner to Develop Small Engines for Military Drones
GE Aerospace (NYSE:GE) and Kratos Turbine Technologies, a division of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., signed a Memorandum of Understanding to partner on the development and production of small affordable engines that could potentially power unmanned aerial systems (UAS), collaborative combat aircraft, and similar applications. The partnership builds on an existing joint development agreement and includes full-scale engine production.
GE航空（紐交所：GE）與Kratos Turbine Technologies，Kratos Defense＆Security Solutions，Inc.的一個分部，簽署了諒解備忘錄，共同開發和生產價格實惠的小型發動機，可潛在地驅動無人空中系統（UAS），協同作戰飛機和類似應用。該合作建立在現有的聯合開發協議基礎上，包括全尺寸發動機生產。
For the last year, GE Aerospace and Kratos have been working together on a small affordable engine. The engine initially was developed and ground tested by Kratos. Under the existing joint agreement, GE Aerospace and Kratos completed additional development efforts and are now conducting tests on the engine. The team plans to continue development on the current engine, which will undergo altitude testing next year at GE Aerospace's test cell in Evendale, Ohio.
過去一年，通用電氣航空與Kratos合作研發了一款小型經濟發動機。該發動機最初由Kratos開發並進行了地面測試。根據現有的聯合協議，通用電氣航空和Kratos完成了額外的開發工作，現在正在對該發動機進行測試。該團隊計劃繼續開發當前的發動機，明年將在通用電氣航空的位於俄亥俄州伊文代爾的測試電池中進行高空測試。
Amy Gowder, President and CEO, Defense & Systems at GE Aerospace said, "Our defense customers have a growing interest in small affordable engines to meet their evolving mission requirements. Our initial collaboration has been very successful, and this agreement furthers our efforts in this new dynamic military segment."
通用電氣航空國防和系統總裁兼首席執行官艾米·高德說：“我們的國防客戶對小型經濟發動機的需求越來越大，以滿足他們日益演變的任務要求。我們最初的合作非常成功，這項協議進一步推動了我們在這個新的動態軍事領域的努力。”
Eric DeMarco, President & CEO of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., said, "Kratos has made significant investments in the development of our family of small, low-cost jet engines for jet powered drones, missiles, and powered munitions that lead in technology and capability. We consider our relationship with GE Aerospace as invaluable based on our expectation and forecast for the potential future production of thousands of turbofan engines for multiple customers."
Kratos防務與安全解決方案公司總裁兼首席執行官埃裏克·德馬科表示：“Kratos在小型低成本噴氣式無人機、導彈和動力彈藥的家族發動機研發方面進行了重大投資，技術和能力處於領先地位。基於我們對未來數千臺渦噴發動機爲多個客戶預測和預期，我們認爲與通用電氣航空的關係非常有價值。”
Each company brings unique expertise to the partnership. Kratos has more than 20 years of experience in the development and production of small affordable jet engines for UAS, drones, and missiles. GE Aerospace has more than 100 years of experience in the development and scaling up of high-volume production for jet engine programs for a seamless transition from development to production.
每家公司都爲合作提供了獨特的專業知識。Kratos在UAS、無人機和導彈的小型經濟噴氣發動機的開發和生產方面擁有20多年的經驗。通用電氣航空在噴氣發動機計劃的開發和擴大產能方面擁有100多年的經驗，從開發到生產可以無縫過渡。