Status of Joint General Electric-Maritime Administration Heavy Duty Gas Turbine Development Program

The United States Maritime Administration and the Gas Turbine Products Division of the General Electric Company have joined in a five-year, cost-sharing program to promote the domestic maritime industry using improved concepts of heavy duty gas turbine design. This paper describes the elements of that program and reports on the progress at its midpoint, two and one-half years following its inception. The status of project development goals and technical attainments to date indicate that the contractual objectives of both parties are being attained.