Lockheed Martin C-130J

It seems that a value can now be placed on the importance and capability of the growing fleet of C-390 Millenniums to European air arms.

The C-130’s new role opens the door for a novel class of mass-produced, low-cost cruise missiles to enter U.S. and foreign weapon inventories.

The aircraft will be will be upgraded in Califormia and converted into aerial firefighting water bombers.

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Advances in fighters, airlifters and refuelers are necessary for the U.S. military to compete with the Chinese Air Force, says the head of Indo-Pacific Command.

As the industry eagerly awaits the announcement of the winner of the competition for the F/A-XX 6th-generation naval fighter, there are many other lines of modernization efforts that the Navy is trying to address to increase its capabilities to better deal with current and future threats.

Australia has selected the Northrop Grumman AN/ALQ-251 radio frequency countermeasures (RFCM) system for its new fleet ofC-130J Hercules airlifters.

Industry is being asked by the U.S. Air Force to submit ideas for a new countermeasure system that can defeat infrared-guided missiles and air vehicles.

Taiwan is in the process of gathering information to upgrade the avionics on its 20 Lockheed Martin C-130H military transport aircraft.

The USAF wants to evaluate how the ALQ-167 Angry Kitten pod can support larger Fairchild Republic A-10s and mobility aircraft, including the Lockheed C-130.

The CMMT leverages Lockheed Martin’s Rapid Dragon palletized munitions platform concept.

The service in mid-January announced it had received the last MC-130J Commando II special operations variant of the Hercules.

Several new agreements involving defense platforms and companies are expanding India’s MRO sector.

The WM250 is the most powerful motor so far to be installed in the test site at the Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio.

The delivery was the 64th for the MC-130J fleet and the 134th total number of MC-130Js, AC-130Js and HC-130Js.

The C-130Js from the California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing based near the fires are the first to be activated.

Marshall Aerospace says it has secured a two-year contract extension to support Lockheed Martin C-130Js in the Danish and Norwegian air forces.

The Aviation Week Intelligence Network is tracking $193 billion in open opportunities for military aircraft over the next decade.

The Polish Ministry of Defense has signed a contract to upgrade its 16 Airbus C295M transport aircraft.

The partnership of five agencies operates from a facility in Boise, Idaho, and is responsible for wildland fire management of 674 million acres of federal land.

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The service’s Operational Energy office has outlined several programs aimed at increasing the efficiency of military aircraft.

U.S. Air Force leaders say the service’s mobility fleet of tankers and airlifters need to become more connected to each other.

Top service official says tanker, fighter and Collaborative Combat Aircraft plans are unaffordable without large changes.

The partnership will initially target the retrofit of military fixed-wing aircraft for special missions.