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GE Aviation Lands $126M SOCOM Aircraft Engine Support IDIQ

General Electric’s (NYSE: GE) aviation business has secured a potential seven-year, $126.5M contract to provide life cycle support for YT706-GE-700 turboshaft engines that power U.S. Special Operations Command aircraft.

SOCOM will obligate $25K at the time of award using fiscal 2021 operation and maintenance and defense-wide funds, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.

GE Aviation will perform contract work in Lynn, Massachusetts.

T700-401C/-701C engines have powered military helicopters such as Boeing's (NYSE: BA) AH-64 Apache, Sikorsky's H-60 Black Hawk and the latter's Seahawk marine variant.

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