General Electric CT7-8F5
General Electric CT7-8F5 exact turboshaft variant in the CT7-8 family, selected for Spanish NH90 helicopters and listed by NHIndustries as an enhanced NH90 powerplant. NHIndustries publishes 1,692 kW AEO top-30-minute power per engine for the GE T700/T6E1 and CT7-8F5 enhanced installation; the typed shaft-power field records that installed rating without changing the existing vehicle relationship.
Identity
- Aliases
- CT7-8F5General Electric CT7-8F5GE CT7-8F5CT7-8F5 turboshaft
- Domains
- aviation
- Identity Level
- variant
- Kind
- turboshaft
- Name
- General Electric CT7-8F5
- Status
- active
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- Air Breathing Specs
- Shaft Power
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- Description
- General Electric CT7-8F5 exact turboshaft variant in the CT7-8 family, selected for Spanish NH90 helicopters and listed by NHIndustries as an enhanced NH90 powerplant. NHIndustries publishes 1,692 kW AEO top-30-minute power per engine for the GE T700/T6E1 and CT7-8F5 enhanced installation; the typed shaft-power field records that installed rating without changing the existing vehicle relationship.
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 18:07:10 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 21, 2026 at 08:13:08 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-13
- Note
- GE states Spain selected CT7-8F5 to power 45 NH90 helicopters and identifies the variant as a CT7-8 family engine.
- Publisher
- GE Aerospace
- Title
- Spain Chooses GE Engines for its NH90 Helicopters
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-13
- Note
- NHIndustries lists two General Electric CT7-8F5 enhanced engines as an NH90 power-system option.
- Publisher
- NHIndustries
- Title
- NH90 Helicopter Platform Overview
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-21
- Note
- NHIndustries current NH90 brochure publishes 1,692 kW AEO top-30-minute power per engine for the GE T700/T6E1 option and identifies the CT7-8F5 as the enhanced version of that NH90 power-system branch.
- Publisher
- NHIndustries
- Title
- NH90 Brochure