한국형 차기구축함(KDDX) 사업을 위한 GE항공-마린의 LM2500 시리즈 가스터빈
Channel: GE코리아
Date: 2020-08-05

The military market has been a significant contributor to GE Aviation’s continued global success. The strong relationship with Korea and with our strategic partner Hanwha Aerospace, has resulted in the local manufacture and delivery of more than 1,400 GE engines to date in Korea. 

Now, the KDDX Korea Next-Generation Destroyer offers another opportunity for mutual growth in both local and global markets. Due to the critical function of the KDDX destroyer, the GE LM2500 series Gas Turbine is the natural choice for the following key reasons: 

1. GE LM series Gas Turbines are the most experienced and trusted Gas Turbines in the world, currently supporting 36 Navies, on over 600 naval ships with 16 million operating hours providing an outstanding worldwide fleet performance of more than 99% reliability and more than  98% availability 

2. The two-spool gas turbine design provides quick-start capabilities with no restrictions for cold start-up operations. 

3. We have a philosophy of validating our gas turbines for combat survivability and performance by full-scale testing: our engines have been shock tested four times and we have been factory tested hundreds of times for noise and other critical parameters. 

4. We have Best in class power density for weight and space-constrained ships. 

5. And with GE’s split casing compressor and power turbine design, a full gas turbine removal from the vessel during maintenance is largely unnecessary. This innovative design saves navies millions of dollars a year and saves weeks and months of ship unavailability. 

6. We have an established in-service support network, including in-country field service technical support from GE and Hanwha, testing and overhaul capabilities in-country and access to GE’s global parts, depot and service network 

7. GE brings a breadth of experience, we have the most experienced in the military Marine market place in integrating gas turbine propulsion systems into the ship design. 

GE couldn’t be more excited about our future with Korea and being able to write the next chapter of this storied partnership with the KDDX program. We look forward to continuing our close collaboration with the Korean industry to transfer and develop gas turbine manufacturing and design technology and work towards the Republic of Korea SMART Navy. 

On behalf of the employees of GE, Thank you very much.