GE Aerospace T408
GE Aerospace T408-GE-400 turboshaft family, formerly designated GE38 and developed with MTU Aero Engines for Sikorsky's CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter. The production engine is rated at 7,500 shaft horsepower; the CH-53K uses three T408 engines and achieved U.S. Marine Corps Initial Operating Capability in April 2022. GE's 2026 Lots 9–13 contract covers new production, spares, and sustainment, supporting an active in-service and production lifecycle.
Identity
- Aliases
- T408T408-GE-400GE38GE Aerospace T408
- Domains
- aviation
- Identity Level
- family
- Kind
- turboshaft
- Name
- GE Aerospace T408
- Status
- active
Details
- Air Breathing Specs
- Shaft Power Kw
- 5,593
- Description
- GE Aerospace T408-GE-400 turboshaft family, formerly designated GE38 and developed with MTU Aero Engines for Sikorsky's CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopter. The production engine is rated at 7,500 shaft horsepower; the CH-53K uses three T408 engines and achieved U.S. Marine Corps Initial Operating Capability in April 2022. GE's 2026 Lots 9–13 contract covers new production, spares, and sustainment, supporting an active in-service and production lifecycle.
- Developers
- Lineage
- Note
- The T408 designation replaced GE38 during the engine program qualification transition.
- Related Propulsion System
- Relationship
- renamed-from
- Sources
- Note
- GE explicitly states that T408 was formerly known as GE38.
- Publisher
- GE Aerospace
- Title
- Qualified success: GE T408 engine
- Note
- MTU documents the production T408 program that followed the earlier designation.
- Publisher
- MTU Aero Engines
- Title
- T408
- Manufacturers
- Service Entry Date
- 2022
Links
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 6, 2026 at 19:10:07 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 19:48:54 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-14
- Note
- GE identifies the T408-GE-400 as the 7,500 shp engine for the three-engine CH-53K King Stallion and describes its advanced turboshaft architecture.
- Publisher
- GE Aerospace
- Title
- T408
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-14
- Note
- GE's T408 brochure documents the 7,500 shaft-horsepower class, CH-53K selection, and 18% better specific fuel consumption than the T64.
- Publisher
- GE Aerospace
- Title
- T408-GE-400 brochure
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-14
- Note
- GE reports the January 2026 $1.4 billion Lots 9–13 T408 production and sustainment contract and states that the CH-53K achieved Marine Corps IOC in April 2022.
- Publisher
- GE Aerospace
- Title
- GE Aerospace Awarded $1.4 Billion Contract for Additional T408 Turboshaft Engines
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-14
- Note
- MTU documents its development and manufacture role in the T408 helicopter engine programme for the CH-53K.
- Publisher
- MTU Aero Engines
- Title
- T408