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US Armed Forces awarded a $662 mn contract to Lockheed Martin for 10 C-130 military airlifters
 
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.
     
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. Four MC-130J Commando II military airlifters conduct low-level formation training over Clovis, N.M.
(Credit: USAF)
     
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.