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L-3 delivers upgraded C-130 to Argentine under FMS Program
L-3 recently completed the first upgraded C-130H aircraft as part of a USAF FMS program to Argentina, shown here is FAA #TC-69 as it was inducted to the L-3 facility in Waco, Texas, November 2014. The delivery was the first of five aircraft scheduled to receive avionics and systems modernization. [Photo: Business Wire]
Jul 11, 2016 - L-3 Communications announced that its Platform Integration division has delivered an upgraded C-130 aircraft to Argentina as part of a U.S. Air Force Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. The delivery was the first of five aircraft scheduled to receive avionics and systems modernization. [Read more...]
L-3 awarded contract to missionize C-130J for USCG
USCG HC-130J #2001 is seen being towed at CGAS Elizabeth City on September 1, 2008. [Photo by Jason Grant]
Oct 08, 2015 - L-3 Communications announced today that it has been competitively awarded a $30 million contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to missionize two C-130J aircraft using a next-generation mission system suite. [Read more...]
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First C-130H upgraded by ST Aerospace redelivered to Oman
RAFO C-130H #501 from 16 sqn is parked on the flightline starting up its engines for another sortie. [RAFO photo]
Feb 14, 2014 - Last week ST Aerospace redelivered its first C-130 modernization for an export customer. Turnaround time on the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) C-130H was only seven months, including a full depot overhaul. [Read more...]
Lockheed Martin files for FAA type design update - LM-100J
Production Operations team members work on a wing that is part of the first LM-100J commercial freighter at the Lockheed Martin site in Marietta, Georgia. The LM-100J is the commercial variant of the proven C-130J Super Hercules. [Lockheed Martin photo by Todd R. McQueen]
Feb 04, 2014 - Lockheed Martin officials submitted a Program Notification Letter to the Federal Aviation Administration on January 21, 2014, for a type design update for the Lockheed Martin Model L-382J airplane, a civil-certified variant of the proven C-130J Super Hercules to be marketed as the LM-100J. [Read more...]
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