In July 2009, the United States Army developed the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) to improve the AH-64 and UH-60 hot and high capacities and increase combat radius by 270 nm. The Improved Turbine Engine Program aims to procure a 3000 shp engine to fit the UH-60 and AH-64, targeting a 25% reduction in fuel consumption, a 65% improvement in power to weight, a 20% improvement in design life (more than 6000 hours and 15000 cycles), a 35% reduction in production (less than $650k per engine) and maintenance cost, and a 15% reduction in product development cost. Twin-engined, the 3,000 Black Hawks and 1,000 Apaches requires 10,000 engines and Sikorsky is also considering the ITEP for its future vertical lift contender. On 1 February 2019, the US Army selected the GE T901 as the winner of the ITEP program. NGAUS seeks to support development, testing, and concurrent and proportional fielding of Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) which will replace the General Electric T700 in the UH-60 Black Hawk and AH-64 Apache across all Army Components improving fuel consumption, power, durability and cost.