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US Armed Forces awards a $662 mn contract to Lockheed Martin for 10 C-130 military airlifters.
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Lockheed
Martin Corp has been awarded a $662,032,335 contract by the United States'
Department of Defense for the purchase of two MC-130J, two HC-130J, three
KC-130J, one C-130J, two U.S. Coast Guard HC-130J production aircraft,
and 20 quick engine change assemblies under the basic contract. Work will
be performed in Marietta, Georgia, with an expected completion date of
Jan. 31, 2018. |
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Four MC-130J Commando II military airlifters conduct low-level
formation training over Clovis, N.M.(Credit: USAF) |
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The
C-130J
"Super Hercules" is a four-engine turboprop military transport
aircraft. The improvements built into the C-130J, which entered production
in 1997, have enhanced the performance of the aircraft in terms of its
range, cruise ceiling time to climb, speed and airfield requirements.
The Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules is the world's most advanced
tactical airlifter. The KC-130J is the global leader in aerial refueling for both tactical aircraft and helicopters, and it is also capable of conducting rapid ground refueling. The KC-130J is assigned to U.S. Marine Corps units and has more than 20,000 hours of flight in Iraq. It is battle-tested and it delivers capabilities that keep the fleet flying high. The KC-130J aerial refueling (AR) tanker is the latest in a long lineage of combat proven C-130 Hercules tanker technology. The new KC-130J builds on proven tanker designs while taking full advantage of tremendous technological and performance improvements inherent in the basic C-130J aircraft. The HC-130J has new Rolls-Royce engines and six-bladed Dowty propellers, which provide a 20 percent increase in speed and altitude and a 40 percent increase in range compared to the HC-130H model. A state-of-the-art flight deck with a digital flight management system provides dual heads-up displays, ground-mapping radar, a global-positioning system and inertial navigation systems for superior situational awareness. The MC-130J is a special operations versatile multi-mission tactical airlifter. Assigned to the Air Force Special Operations Command, it delivers increased combat performance to the warfighter with its more powerful engines and MC-130J-unique features. Formerly known as the Combat Shadow II, it is a modern aircraft capable of worldwide employment for missions requiring clandestine single or multi-ship low-level aerial refueling of Special Operation Force vertical and tilt-rotor aircraft and/or infiltration, resupply and exfiltration by airdrop or landing on remote airfields. |
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