Take one minute to tell Congress to invest in America’s workers and protect our national security by funding the T901 engine program. This is about more than helicopters. It’s about protecting good union jobs, keeping manufacturing in the United States, and supplying our service members with the equipment they need to protect our national security.

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Dear Elected Official,

We are GE Aerospace employees and other proud members of the IUE-CWA, writing to urge your support for the U.S. Army’s Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP) and continued funding for the T901 engine.

This program isn’t just about helicopters — it’s about good jobs, strong communities, and keeping vital manufacturing work here in the United States. For decades, our families have faced layoffs and uncertainty as work has been offshored or shifted overseas. In Massachusetts, our Lynn workforce has gone from 20,000 workers in the 1950s to about 8,000 in the 1980s, and today it’s just 1,100. It’s imperative that we prevent our fellow union brothers and sisters building GE engines in Kentucky from experiencing the same fate, and also provide critical continuity that prevents our communities from suffering further decline.

If Congress secures funding for the T901 program, it will mean not only protecting our national defense but stable, union jobs guaranteed under our current contract ensuring stability for families in Massachusetts and Kentucky who have weathered far too much uncertainty already.

The T901 engine will give the Army and National Guard the power they need for future Black Hawk and Apache missions, delivering 50% more power, longer range, and lower maintenance costs. This new technology isn’t just about performance; it’s about saving lives. Whether flying critical heights above raging forest fires to protect our communities or carrying out recovery missions that bring our brave soldiers safely home, the T901 has already proven it can deliver. Walking away now would waste more than $1 billion in taxpayer investment and leave our soldiers, and our nation, at a dangerous disadvantage.

For us, this work is deeply personal. Some of us are veterans or reservists. We carry a personal commitment to ensuring our service members have the best tools possible. We know what it means to rely on equipment in the field, and we take pride in building engines that could save lives.

For families in Massachusetts, Kentucky and elsewhere, T901 procurement would provide generational work, with mothers, daughters, sons, and grandparents all contributing to building engines that serve our nation. It would also mean stability for workers and a future for U.S. plants that have otherwise been running on programs 30 years old or more.

The U.S. House and Senate included $175 million in their respective defense appropriations bills for the T901 program. Now, working families are counting on you to help carry it over the finish line.

We urge you to stand with us, your constituents, to protect these jobs, strengthen our national security, and ensure the T901 engine becomes a reality.

Sincerely,
Your Constituent