General Electric CT7-2E1
Active General Electric CT7-2E1 turboshaft variant used as the baseline powerplant for the Leonardo AW189 and one certified AW149 option. Leonardo official AW189 data lists 1,479 kW (1,983 shp) five-minute takeoff power and 1,395 kW (1,870 shp) maximum continuous power per engine; its 2024 AW149 brochure rounds takeoff power to 1,480 kW (1,985 shp) and lists 1,395 kW (1,871 shp) maximum continuous. The typed shaft-power field uses the AW189 five-minute takeoff value of 1,479 kW per engine.
Identity
- Aliases
- CT7-2E1General Electric CT7-2E1GE CT7-2E1CT7-2E1 turboshaft
- Domains
- aviation
- Identity Level
- variant
- Kind
- turboshaft
- Name
- General Electric CT7-2E1
- Status
- active
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- Shaft Power
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- Description
- Active General Electric CT7-2E1 turboshaft variant used as the baseline powerplant for the Leonardo AW189 and one certified AW149 option. Leonardo official AW189 data lists 1,479 kW (1,983 shp) five-minute takeoff power and 1,395 kW (1,870 shp) maximum continuous power per engine; its 2024 AW149 brochure rounds takeoff power to 1,480 kW (1,985 shp) and lists 1,395 kW (1,871 shp) maximum continuous. The typed shaft-power field uses the AW189 five-minute takeoff value of 1,479 kW per engine.
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 17:42:57 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 21, 2026 at 08:30:02 UTC
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- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-13
- Note
- GE identifies CT7-2E1 as supporting the Leonardo AW149 and AW189 helicopter programs and describes it as the powerplant of choice for the majority of those customers.
- Publisher
- GE Aerospace
- Title
- GE Delivers 250th CT7-2E1 Engine
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-13
- Note
- Leonardo specifies two General Electric CT7-2E1 turboshafts with FADEC for AW189.
- Publisher
- Leonardo Helicopters
- Title
- AW189 Energy Services
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-21
- Note
- Leonardo 2024 AW149 brochure lists two General Electric CT7-2E1 turboshafts as a certified propulsion option, with 1,480 kW takeoff power and 1,395 kW maximum continuous power per engine.
- Publisher
- Leonardo Helicopters
- Title
- AW149 Brochure 2024