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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

U.S. Navy Orders 16 Additional DFC Kits

USNS Arctic (T-AOE-8)GE Marine announced that the United States Navy has ordered an additional 16 Digital Fuel Control (DFC) kits for LM2500 marine aeroderivative gas turbines.

The 16 LM2500s, which will be retrofitted, power the U.S. Navy’s CG-47 Ticonderoga-class cruisers and DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, as well as the T-AOE-8 fast combat ship.

The DFC kits are a technology now standard on new LM2500 and LM2500+ engines, with the previous-generation LM2500s using a hydro-mechanical control system, according to GE Marine.

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