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The HC-130J COMBAT KING II is a U.S. Air Force version that can be refueled in-flight by KC-46 and KC-135 aircraft and can itself in-flight refuel various models of U.S. military helicopters and the USAF CV-22, USMC MV-22, and USN CMV-22 tilt-rotor aircraft. The USAF HC-130J is nearly identical to the USAF MC-130J, differentiated by only a few ...
The Air Force in particular is stuck with the headache of replacing the F-16, which costs $26,927 an hour, with a plane that costs 25 percent more to operate, permanently raising costs. This is ...
A C-130H Hercules flight deck. Aircraft displayed at the Norwegian Armed Forces Aircraft Collection. The first flight of the YC-130 prototype was made on 23 August 1954 from the Lockheed plant in Burbank, California. The aircraft, serial number 53-3397, was the second prototype, but the first of the two to fly.
It is based on the Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules and provides significant increases in operational capability and performance margins over preceding KC-130F/R/T (legacy) aircraft. Additionally, The KC-130J reduces cost of ownership through system reliability and reduced maintenance man-hours per flight hour. The new HC-130J combat ...
On Wednesday, the Department of Defense announced that it has awarded Rolls-Royce a $97.3 million firm-fixed price modification to a previously awarded contract, based on a change in requirements.
Lockheed Martin has won a new contract "modification" from the U.S. Air Force, and one that lifts the cumulative value of its C-130J Joint Country Cooperative Effort, or JCCE, contract past $1.7 ...
The engine powered the initial flight of the C-130J aircraft on April 5, 1996. [7] By April 1997, the D3 variant had received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) type certification. [8] 2,000 of the D3 variants have been delivered as of 2018. [9] The engine's C variant was certified on December 20, 1993. [10]
The Department of Defense awarded 18 defense contracts Friday, worth $491.7 million in total. Lockheed Martin won two of them: A $105.3 million option exercise to continue providing logistical ...