Integrated High Performance Turbine Engine Technology Explained

Abbreviation:	IHPTET
Type:	Research
Country:	United States
Current Status:	closed

The Integrated High Performance Turbine Engine Technology program was a project of the United States military, DARPA, and NASA. Its objective was to conduct science and technology research that would secure advancements in the engineering of the gas turbine engines used in military aircraft It ran from 1987 until 2005.^[1]

IHPTET designated goals in each of three engine classes: turbofan/turbojet, turboprop/turboshaft, and expendable engines. For the turbofan class the primary goal was to double the engine thrust-to-weight ratio.^[2]

The program made many significant developments which have been employed in such aircraft as the F-35 / Joint Strike Fighter. It was firmly regarded as successful although it did not fully achieve its explicit goals. It was succeeded by the Versatile Affordable Advanced Turbine Engines (VAATE) program.^[3]

See also

• Advanced Affordable Turbine Engine (AATE)
• Adaptive Versatile Engine Technology (ADVENT)

External links

• Web site: Integrated High Performance Turbine Engine Technology (IHPTET) . Department of Defense . 16 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060721223255/http://www.pr.afrl.af.mil/divisions/prt/ihptet/ihptet.html . 21 July 2006.

Further reading

• Piolenc . M. de . Latest jet engine technology could radically change industrial designs . Gas Turbine World . 22 . 5 . 16 February 2023 . United States . 5630452 . English . 0361-3518.
• Simoneau . Robert . Hudson . Dale . CFD in the context of IHPTET - The Integrated High Performance Turbine Engine Technology Program . 25th Joint Propulsion Conference . 12 July 1989 . 10.2514/6.1989-2904 . 16 February 2023 . American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics . en . PDF.

Notes and References

1. Book: . Improving the Efficiency of Engines for Large Nonfighter Aircraft . 9 February 2007 . Washington, D.C. . 10.17226/11837 . 978-0-309-10399-2 . 16 February 2023 . en.
2. Web site: Simoneau . Robert J. . Hudson . Dale A. . CFD in the context of IHPTET: The Integrated High Performance Turbine Technology Program . NTRS - NASA Technical Reports Server . 16 February 2023 . en . 1 January 1989.
3. Web site: Warwick . Graham . Military engines: Power Surge . Reed Business Information . Flight International. 0015-3710 . 16 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070610165645/https://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/05/01/213594/military-engines-power-surge.html . 10 June 2007 . 5 January 2007.