08:45 AM EST, 01/29/2025 (MT Newswires) -- GE Aerospace (GE) said Wednesday it completed the initial ground runs for the T901 engine on a US Army Black Hawk helicopter at Sikorsky's West Palm Beach facility.

The company said the ground runs validated the performance of critical systems, including fuel, electrical, hydraulic, engine, and flight control systems and engine bay flow.

It also said that the tests collected data from the aircraft and engine instrumentation, which will be used throughout the flight test program.

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