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TE Programs
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 Most of the Firebee high performance aerial target systems, which are used for weapons development and combat training by the US Air Force, Army and Navy, are powered by the TE J69-T-29 engine. More than 600 Firebee II supersonic aerial targets, which are no longer in production, were powered by the TE YJ69-T406 jet engine. And the TE J69-T-41A powers the AQM series of target drones used by the US Air Force and Army.
 A TE engine also has the distinction of being the first gas turbine to power a modern, high technology missile -- the US Navy's Harpoon weapon system. The J402-CA-400 has a number of "firsts" to its credit. It was the first U.S. turbine to be managed by an electronic fuel control, started with pyrotechnic cartridges, stored for over 15 years without maintenance, and lubricated with packed grease.
 Other low cost turbojet engines are being produced to power unmanned aerial vehicles. Ryan Aeronautical's Model 324 high performance UAVs, which are in operational use by the Egyptian Air Force, are powered by TE Model 373-8C. Ryan's other
high performance UAV, the BQM-145A Medium Range Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, which was designed for the US Department of Defense, is equipped with TE's Model 382-10C.
 TE produces engines and spares for manned applications as well. The US Air Force's venerable T37B primary jet trainer has two TE J69-T-25A turbojets. These highly dependable engines have contributed to making the T-37B the lowest operating cost
jet aircraft in the US military inventory.
 Prototyping, the process of rapidly translating a customer's needs into operating hardware over the span of just months, has yielded a whole family of engines at TE. They range from the 90-pound thrust Model 305, which is under seven inches in diameter and only 11 inches long, to the Model 320 which weighs just 40 pounds, but generates 250 pounds of thrust. These engines are designed to power small missiles, remotely piloted vehicles and aerial targets.
Extensive facilities give TE the ability to develop engine technology that can meet the most demanding requirements. The company has altitude chambers that can simulate flight conditions from sea level to 90,000 feet and subsonic and supersonic speeds. Materials laboratories, instrumentation equipment, electronic bench testing facilities and test cells enable TE to design and develop engines without ever leaving the Toledo facilities.
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