Royal Canadian Navy receives GE Marine's contract for LM2500 gas turbines

GE M??in? ?nn??nc?? it ??s ??n?w?? ? l?n?-t??m, c?st?miz?? s??vic? ?????m?nt (CSA) wit? t?? R???l C?n??i?n N?v? (RCN). T?? CSA c?v??s ?n ?????tin? ?l??t ?? 24 GE LM2500 ???????iv?tiv? m??in? ??s t???in?s ?l?s s???? ?n?in?s ?s?? t? ??w?? H?li??x cl?ss ??i??t?s. C?st?miz?? ?????m?nts ???vi?? ?i??ct ?cc?ss t? GE’s ?l???l inv?nt??? ?? ???ts ?n? s???? ?n?in?s, ?n? t?? ??ilit? t? t?? int? GE’s w??l?wi?? s??vic? ?n? s?????t ?x???tis? s?c? ?s t??inin?, m?int?n?nc?, ????i? ?n? ?v?????l s??vic?s — ?ll ?n ?n ?s-n????? ??sis. Wit? ? CSA, n?vi?s c?n ???liz? t?? ??ll ??t?nti?l ??? t??i? c?itic?l ?????lsi?n ??s t???in?s w?il? ??l?ncin? ??????m?nc? ?n? ?isk, ?l?n? wit? ????ict??l? c?sts ?n? l?ss ??minist??tiv? ?v??si??t.

Acc???in? t? K?is S???????, Vic? P??si??nt, G?n???l M?n????, GE M??in?, Ev?n??l?, O?i?, “GE ??s ???n ???vi?in? t?? RCN wit? 20 ????s ?? c?st?miz?? s??vic? ??? t??i? LM2500 ?n?in?s, ?i?l?in? si?ni?ic?nt ??????m?nc? ?n? ?????ti?n?l ??v?nt???s in t??ms ?? im???v?? ??li??ilit? ?n? t?? ?i?? ?v?il??ilit? ?? t?? ??s t???in?s t? ??w?? t??i? s????c? c?m??t?nts. GE ??il?s ?n its ??l?ti?ns?i? ?? t??st ?n? ??li??ilit? wit? t?? RCN, ??tin? ??ck t? t?? ???l? 1990s. T?? CSA ???vi??s t?? N?v? wit? ?i?? ?v?il??ilit? ?? t?? RCN’s LM2500 ?l??t ?v?? t?? initi?l ?iv? ????s ?? c?nt??ct s?????t, ?s w?ll ?s ??l?in? t? ???m?t? s???li?? ?n? ѕkіɩɩѕ ??v?l??m?nt in C?n???. T?? ?iv?-???? c?nt??ct c?m?s wit? ??n?w?l ?n? s?st?inm?nt ??ti?ns ?ntil t?? ?v?nt??l ??c?mmissi?nin? ?? t?? H?li??x cl?ss ??i??t?s.”

T?? 33,600-s?? LM2500 is GE’s m?st ????l?? m??in? ??s t???in?, ??w??in? m??? t??n 400 s?i?s in 33 w??l? n?vi?s.
Ot??? ??n??its ?? t?is CSA incl??? ???m?l ?n? ?n-t??-j?? t??inin? wit? GE ?n? N?v? ???s?nn?l w??kin? si?? ?? si?? t? m?int?in t?? LM2500 ?l??t, ?n? ?ssist?nc? wit? ???c???m?nt, ins??cti?n, t?c?nic?l s?????t ?n? m?t??i?ls inv?nt??? m?n???m?nt. B?ck?? ?? GE’s ?xt?nsiv? n?tw??k ?? ?l???l ?i?l? s??vic? t?c?nici?ns, t?? RCN ??s ?cc?ss t? GE s??vic?s l?c?t?? t????????t t?? ?l???, ???vi?in? imm??i?t? ?nsit? t?c?nic?l s?????t 24-????s-?-???, 7-???s-?-w??k. Simil?? t? t?? ??i?in?l c?nt??ct, t?? sc??? ?? t?? ??n?w?? c?nt??ct incl???s: R???i?, ?v?????l ?n? ?n?in???in? s?????t, P??ts w??????sin? ?n? inv?nt??? m?n???m?nt (incl??in? s???? ?n?in?s, s???l? ?? s???? ???ts ?n? ???l?nis?m?nt ?? inv?nt???), Fi?l? s??vic? ?????s?nt?tiv? s?????t (??m? ???t ?n? ???l????), S?????t ?? n?v?l ?n?in???in? sc???l t??inin? c???ic?l?m ??? ?n-?n?in? ?n? ???i?m?nt m?int?n?nc?, O????ti?n?l l?v?l m?int?n?nc?, C?n?i????ti?n m?n???m?nt ?n? S???l? ?n? ?ist?i??ti?n ?? t?c?nic?l m?n??ls.

GE’s m??in? ??s t???in? ??sin?ss is ???t ?? GE Avi?ti?n ?n? is ????????t???? in Cincinn?ti, O?i?. GE is ?n? ?? t?? w??l?’s l???in? m?n???ct????s ?? m??in? ?????lsi?n ?????cts, s?st?ms ?n? s?l?ti?ns incl??in? ???????iv?tiv? ??s t???in?s ??n?in? ???m 6,100 t? 70,656 s???t ???s???w??/4.6 t? 52.7 m???w?tts. T??s? ??s t???in?s ??li??l? ?????t? t?? w??l? ?v?? in s?m? ?? t?? m?st ??????s c?n?iti?ns in t?m????t???s ??n?in? ???m -40 t? 120 ??????s F/-40 t? 48 ??????s C. G?n???l El?ct?ic C?m??n? (GE) is ?n Am??ic?n m?ltin?ti?n?l c?n?l?m???t? inc??????t?? in N?w Y??k St?t? ?n? ????????t???? in B?st?n. As ??c?ntl? ?s 2018, t?? c?m??n? ?????t?? t?????? t?? ??ll?wіп? s??m?nts: ?vi?ti?n, ???lt?c???, ??w??, ??n?w??l? ?n????, ?i?it?l in??st??, ???itiv? m?n???ct??in?, l?c?m?tiv?s, ?n? v?nt??? c??it?l ?n? ?in?nc?.