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Lockheed Martin wins contract to provide the USAF with one HC-130J Combat King II SAR aircraft.
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Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $72,721,898 contract to provide the
USAF with one HC-130J Combat King II search and rescue aircraft. Work
will be performed at Marietta, Georgia, and is expected to be complete
by March 31, 2017, announced today United States' Department of Defense.
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 Lockheed Martin HC-130J Combat King II search and rescue aircraft |
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The
Lockheed Martin HC-130J Combat King II is the U.S. Air Force's only dedicated
fixed-wing personnel recovery platform and is flown by the United States'
Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and Air Combat Command (ACC).
Modifications to the HC-130J have improved navigation, threat detection and countermeasures systems. The aircraft fleet has a fully-integrated inertial navigation and global positioning systems, and night vision goggle, or NVG, compatible interior and exterior lighting. It also has forward-looking infrared, radar and missile warning receivers, chaff and flare dispensers, satellite and data-burst communications, and the ability to receive fuel inflight via a Universal Aerial Refueling Receptacle Slipway Installation (UARRSI). The HC-130J is a result of the HC/MC-130 recapitalization program and replaces Air Combat Command's aging HC-130P/N fleet as the dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. Lockheed Martin officials conducted the first flight of the USAF HC-130J version on 29 July 2010. |
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