Lockheed C-130 Hercules

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First New AC-130J Gunship in Production

Marietta, Ga. | The first MC-130J Commando II that will be converted to become an AC-130J Gunship is being built at the Lockheed Martin C-130 production facility here.

The AC-130J will be equipped with a Precision Strike Package creating the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command's newest gunship. Sixteen AC-130Js are planned with an Initial Operating Capability scheduled for 2015.

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Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules Variants Declared 'Mission Capable' After U.S. Air Force Testing

MARIETTA, Ga., Nov. 1, 2012 – The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] HC-130J Combat King II and the MC-130J Commando II aircraft have been certified as “Effective, Suitable and Mission Capable” by the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center. The U.S. Air Force is currently recapitalizing the HC, MC and AC-130 gunship fleets with new C 130J variants.

The HC-130J is the personnel recovery/combat search and rescue aircraft for Air Combat Command, and the MC-130J is the Special Operations tanker aircraft for Air Force Special Operations Command. Currently Lockheed Martin is on contract for 27 MC 130Js and 15 HC-130Js. The certification was received in October.

“This further demonstrates the amazing flexibility of the C-130J. We took a KC-130J tanker and, through in-line production design changes and significant capability enhancements, produced the current HC and MC aircraft,” said George Shultz, Lockheed Martin vice president and general manager for C-130 Programs. “The C 130J is without equal in terms of its multi-role, multi-mission flexibility and availability. No aircraft in production — or in development — can match the capabilities of the Super Hercules.”

From initial contract award in mid-2008 to the first ahead-of-schedule flight on July 29, 2010, the HC/MC program demonstrates the proven design, reliability and technology of the C-130J. The new AC-130Js will be converted to MC-130Js with the addition of a precision strike package.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs about 120,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation's net sales for 2011 were $46.5 billion.

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Le treizième travail d'Hercule

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300th C-130J Super Hercules delivered






Lockheed Martin’s C-130J Super Hercules programme has reached a significant milestone with the delivery of the 300th aircraft. The aircraft was ferried from the company’s Marietta facility to the US Air Force on 18 December.
The aircraft, an MC-130J Commando II, will join the US Air Force Special Operations Command where it will perform a range of missions including in-flight refuelling, infiltration/exfiltration, aerial delivery and resupply of special operations forces.

George Shultz, vice president and general manager of the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company’s C-130 programs, said: ‘The delivery of this 300th C-130J is a major achievement for the entire Super Hercules community. Together, we built an aircraft that it is ready for any mission, anywhere, anytime. Partnerships and commitment are at the core of this Super Hercules, as was the case with the 299 C-130Js that came before it and with the many others that will follow.’

The C-130J has been selected by 16 nations, and the aircraft has deployed in two combat theatres. The combined fleet has flown more than one million flight hours, supporting missions including search and rescue, aerial fire-fighting, and delivering relief supplies after earthquakes, hurricanes, typhoons and tsunamis around the world.


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Lockheed launches civilian version of C-130J

Lockheed Martin has launched an updated civilian version of its C-130J Super Hercules transport, and expects to receive its first order from a customer later this year.

On 4 February, the Bethesda, Maryland-based company announced that it had kicked off the certification process on 21 January 2014, when it filed a notification letter with the US Federal Aviation Administration.

Lockheed says the LM-100J Super Hercules should achieve its first flight in 2017. The company expects to receive FAA certification by 2018, following a one-year flight test programme, and plans to deliver the first example that same year.

The timing comes amid a period of spending cuts by the C-130J's primary US military customers, making the new civilian LM-100J an attractive source of potential non-military Super Hercules revenue, says the company. "This would give us stability in [the Super Hercules] production programme and supply chain," Lockheed says, adding that the new aircraft meshes with a broader effort to diversify revenue.

The company hopes the aircraft, which will have a base price of around $65 million, will follow the success of its predecessor, the civilian L-100 Hercules. Lockheed sold roughly 115 of those aircraft, which were based on the first-generation C-130, between 1964 and 1992. Now, however, many L-100s are approaching the end of their life cycles, sparking demand for new civilian freighters, it says.

"We see a natural progression of being able to recapitalise those fleets with an aircraft [that has] better reliability, better capability [and] better maintainability, safety and performance," Lockheed tells Flightglobal.



The LM-100J is modelled after the latest-generation C-130J Super Hercules, which has been in production since the early 1990s. Unlike previous updates to the C-130, Lockheed says it took a "revolutionary approach" with the J model, giving it digital avionics and making a series of design changes to improve performance and reduce operating costs.

"All of those concepts are flowing to the LM-100J," Lockheed says.When it first developed the original C-130J, it also received a type certificate for a civilian version. But primary customers were militaries, and Lockheed says it lost the civilian certificate as the aircraft's military avionics, communications and navigation equipment evolved.

Described by the company as a "civil multi-purpose air freighter," the new LM-100J will have modern avionics and a "digital back end" system with a loadmaster computer station that will assist with loading and weight and balance. The cargo compartment will be 4.6m (15ft) longer than the L-100, providing space for two additional pallets, and the aircraft will be able to carry 33% more payload on a 2,500nm (4,630km) flight, says Lockheed.

The LM-100J, which has the ability to fly 2,200nm with a 18,200kg (40,000lb) payload, has about 50% more range than the L-100, according to Lockheed. Its top speed will be 355kt (657km/h); 10% faster than its predecessor. In addition, the LM-100J will be operated by two flight crew (instead of three for the L-100), will burn 15% less fuel and have maintenance costs that are 35% less, the airframer says.

LM-100Js will be built at Lockheed's Marietta, Georgia-facility and will be powered by four Rolls-Royce AE2100D turboprops, which will provide 30% more power than the L-100's Allison T-56 powerplants, the company says.

Lockheed estimates it can sell 75 to 100 LM-100J's over 20 years, a level of demand similar to that for the original L-100. Though the company declines to name prospective customers, it says oil, gas and mineral exploration companies are interested. Such companies must transport heavy equipment like generators and earth moving equipment to remote outposts not linked to railways or roads. They need rugged aircraft that can operate from "austere", unpaved runways, says Lockheed.

The LM-100J will help bring stability to the Super Hercules programme, as the US government trims its defence budget, says Lockheed. In fiscal year 2014, the US Navy will receive $69 million for procurement of tanker-variant KC-130Js; almost half of the $134 million the service requested, according to budget documents. Likewise, the US Air Force requested $1.4 billion but will receive $1.3 billion for the procurement of C-130Js, including special-mission MC-130Js and search and rescue HC-130Js. Additional defence funding cuts are possible for the next fiscal year.

"[The LM-100J] adds another capability towards the Hercules portfolio that hasn't existed in a while," Lockheed says. "It looks really promising."

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Rolls-Royce signs $1 billion agreement for C-130J engines


Rolls-Royce has signed an agreement worth up to $1 billion to provide 600 AE2100 turboprops to power all variants of Lockheed Martin’s C-130J Super Hercules aircraft.

"The engine agreement will service US government and international contract requirements between 2014 and 2018," the propulsion system supplier says. Announced on 12 February, the pact also secures the AE2100 as "the engine of choice for all C-130J variants through 2025," it adds.

The new agreement marks the continuation of a long-running partnership between the companies.



The engine manufacturer is the only powerplant supplier for the four-engined C-130 family of cargo aircraft.

Lockheed has been producing C-130Js since the early 1990s, and in early February announced it is seeking certification for a civilian version, called the LM-100J. This would also be powered by the AE2100D.

Earlier generation C-130s, which Lockheed began producing in the mid-1950s, are powered by R-R T56 turboprops. Those engines were manufactured by the Allison Engine Company, which was acquired by R-R in 1994.

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Dernièrement utilisant comme écrans des Sociétés Européennes (Roumaines) Israël essaie d'avoir des contrats sur des sujets plus ordinaires dans des domaines moins pointus: sécurité, radars, simulateurs et mémé révision d’aéronefs militaires se servant de ses vieux stocks presque en obsolescence
ELBIT et I A I essaient par des procédés de dumping d'arriver a se placer dans les Forces d'un Pays Musulman
Actuellement la Société IAI a travers de sa filiale de Bruxelles la Société BATS négocie la révision de deux C130 des Force Royal Air a faire dans des Hangars de fortune en Roumanie Il serait impensable de voir les C130 Marocaines dans l’aéroport Bengourion de Tel Aviv mais il faut " wait and see"

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 AIR FAN a ajouté 6 photos.

LES AILES D'HERCULES
L'USAF a expérimenté des winglets sur l'un de ses nouveaux MC-130J Commando II affecté au 413e Flight Test Sqn basé à Eglin AFB.
L'appareil, le SerNo 11-5729 livré en 2013 au 67e SOS de l'USAF a reçu quelques transformations, dont l'ajout de ces winglets destinés à
évaluer l'impact sur la consommation de carburant.Huit vols ont été effectués sous cette configuration, qui n'est pas sans rappeler le
concept testé sur le C-295 d'Airbus.

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Tamarack Aerospace Group pitches winglets for C-130


Gareth Jennings, London - IHS Jane's International Defence Review

26 September 2016

   
An artist's rendering of a US Air Force C-130 Hercules transport aircraft fitted with Tamarack Aerospace Group's ATLAS active winglets.
The company claims a 10% improvement in fuel savings for the system, as well as other performance enhancements and an increased
wing life. Source: Tamarack Aerospace Group


Tamarack Aerospace Group is offering to work with Lockheed Martin to equip the US Air Force's (USAF's) fleet of C-130 Hercules transport aircraft with its ATLAS active winglets which, the company claims, reduce fuel consumption at the same time as extending the service life of the wing.

The Idaho-based based company is looking to present its technology to Lockheed Martin in the hope of launching a collaborative effort to help solve the fuel reduction mandates required by the USAF, IHS Jane's was told.

"We have confidence in our models that we can give the C-130 a 10% improvement in fuel savings. Other benefits include an extension of the wing life, better hot and high performance, a potential to increase gross weight and maximum zero fuel weights, slower stall speeds, and shorter landing and take-off requirements," company spokesperson Bill Mitchell said on 26 September.

Tamarack Aerospace Group's interest in a potential collaboration with Lockheed Martin stems from the news earlier in the year that the USAF had commenced winglet trials with its MC-130J Commando II special mission aircraft. Engineers from the 413th Flight Test Squadron modified an MC-130J with winglets in April as part of a trial to ascertain possible fuel efficiencies Martin in accordance with contracted research and design (CRAD) funding granted by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in September 2014. Eight test sorties of the winglet-equipped MC-130J were flown out of at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, though the findings have not been disclosed.

According to Mitchell, the winglets developed by Tamarack Aerospace Group differ from those developed elsewhere to reduce wing loading also, and thereby increase the wing's service life. "We have patented a load alleviation device that 'aerodynamically turns off the winglets' during those rare moments when 'g' forces are high. The system is constantly monitoring and predicting gusts and/or manoeuvres, and 'positions' the Tamarack Active Camber Surface (TACS) as necessary to eliminate the additional loads that a static winglet would normally affect.
 

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26/05/2017

Vol inaugural réussi pour le LM-100J !




Le premier avion cargo commercial Lockheed-Martin LM-100J a franchi une étape critique avec l'achèvement de son premier vol aujourd'hui.

«J'étais fier de monter le premier vol de notre LM-100J. Il a fonctionné sans problème, comme son frère le C-130J», a déclaré Wayne Roberts, pilote en chef du programme LM-100J.

Ce premier vol a suivi la même route de vol d'essai sur la Géorgie du Nord et l'Alabama qui est utilisé pour tous les avions de type C-130J « Super Hercules ». Le LM-100J complètera les tests initiaux de vol de production et commencera les exigences de test de vol de mise à jour du certificat de type de l'Administration fédérale de l'aviation (FAA).

Le LM-100J intègre les développements et les améliorations technologiques apportées sur les années d'expérience opérationnelle du C-130J militaire. Le LM-100J est la neuvième version de production de l'avion « Super Hercules » et ses capacités commerciales ont la particularité d'avoir les capacités des missions soutenues par le C-130J.

Comme son homologue militaire le LM-100j soutiendra une variété de tâches multiples comme le transport de fret surdimensionné, la pulvérisation aérienne, l'exploration pétrolière et gazière, les opérations logistiques d'exploitation minière, les livraisons aériennes et le service d’ambulance MEDEVAC, les opérations de secours humanitaires, le transport du personnel.

Le LM-100J est la version mise à jour du L-100 Hercules, construit par Lockheed-Martin de 1964 à 1992. Plus de 100 L-100s ont été livrés à des opérateurs commerciaux et à des gouvernementaux, en soutenant les exigences de livraison de fret dans presque tous les environnements d'exploitation dans le monde.

Photo : Le LM-100J lors de son premier vol @ Lockheed-Martin

http://psk.blog.24heures.ch/archive/2017/05/26/vol-inaugural-reussi-pour-le-lm-100j-863721.html

https://scout.com/military/warrior/Article/Air-Force-Massive-Upgrade-of-the-War-C-130--101457448

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Air Force Massive Upgrade of the War-C-130

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C-130 Modernization

The Air Force is progressing with a massive technological overhaul of its warzone-tested C-130 aircraft, giving the platform new radios, digital avionics, collision avoidance technology and reinforced "wing-boxes," service officials said.

The Air Force remains vigilant about its C-130 fleet to ensure the airframes, wingboxes, avionics and communication systems remain safe and operational well into the 2030s and beyond. This is particularly true of the older 1980s-era C-130Hs, Air Force developers explained.

“The thing that causes the greatest risk to the airplane is the life of the wing. We monitor the wing of the aircraft and as the wings get past their service, life we bring the airplanes back in and bring in new structures -- with the primary focus being the center wingbox which is the area where the wings mount to the fuselage,”Col. Robert Toth, Chief of Tactical Aircraft, Special Operations and Combat Search and Rescue Division, told Scout Warrior in an interview last year.

As for when a C-130 is in need of a maintenance upgrade to preserve and maintain service life, the Air Force uses an assessment metric referred to as “equivalent baseline hours.” The wing-boxes are changed once the aircraft reaches a certain “severity factor” in its operational service time. This is necessary because the wear and tear or impact of missions upon and airplane can vary greatly depending upon a range of factors such as the altitude at which a plane is flying, Toth said.

“Low-level flight may be three to four times the severity factor of flying at a higher level,” he said.

Also, by January of 2020 the entire fleet of C-130s will need to comply with an FAA mandate and be equipped with systems that will relay aircraft position to a greater fidelity back and forth between the airplane and the air traffic management authorities, he added. This will allow them to sequence more aircraft closer together and enhance an ability to move commerce.

Avionics Modernization Program, Increment 1 involves adding new 8.33 radios to the aircraft to improve communication along with initiatives to upgrade cockpit voice recorders and digital data recorders. C-130s will also receive new collision-avoidance technology designed to prevent the planes from hitting terrain or colliding with one another mid-air. Inc. 1 is currently ongoing and is slated to complete by 2019.


AMP Inc. 2 involves a larger-scale effort to integrate digital avionics throughout the airplane. Inc. 2 will require nine-months to one year of work and be completed by 2028, Toth explained.

“This will allow us to bring the airplane from analog to digital, integrate a glass cockpit and use touchscreen displays. We will get away from the old systems of avionics where we had dial-driven instrumentation to where it is all digital. This makes us able to process a lot more information,” Toth said.

As part of the C-130 modernization calculus, the Air Force will consider retiring some C-130Hs and replace them with newly-built C-130Js; the service has authority to acquire an additional 20 C-130Js, Toth added.

“We continue to evaluate where it makes sense to retire and older airplane and instead put that money into buying new airplanes,” he said.

C-130 Fleet

AC-130 gunships make up a small portion of a fleet of roughly 500 C-130 planes throughout the Air Force and Special Operations Command, Toth explained.

The cargo planes are used to airdrop supplies, equipment, weapons and troops in forward deployed locations.

As a propeller-driven aircraft, the C-130s are able to fly and land in more rugged conditions and withstand harsh weather such as obscurants. The propellers make the aircraft’s engines less susceptible to debris flying in and causing operational problems for the engines.

“It really allows you to do that tactical movement of equipment and personnel to take the airplane to the last tactical mile. A lot of our transport strategic airlifters are meant to go to a hard runway to a hard runway somewhere and then they turn over the cargo to be moved to the forward areas to a C-130 or a vehicle. The C-130 allows you to take that cargo and land on a smaller runway or an unimproved airfield,” Toth added.

C-130s are used for domestic, international and warzone transport including homeland security, disaster relief and supply deliveries, among other things.

“There are probably missions that have yet to be dreamed up for the C-130,” Toth said.

The fleet consists of 135 more modern C-130J aircraft and 165 older C-130Hs which have been around since the 80s, Toth explained.

Also, MC-130Js are specially modified airlifters engineered to transport Army Green Berets, Navy SEALs and Army Rangers.

“They are essentially a C-130J further modified with defensive systems with radar countermeasures and infrared radar and advanced sensors for specialized missions. They also can perform in-flight refueling,” Toth explained.

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12/02/2018

Lockheed-Martin a livré le 400ème C-130J !



Lockheed-Martin a franchi une étape importante avec la livraison de son 400ème C-130J « Super Hercules » le 9 février. Ce « Super Hercules » est un avion d'opérations spéciales de type MC-130J « Commando II » qui est affecté au commandement des opérations spéciales de l'US Air Force (AFSOC).

Le C-130J « Super Hercules » est le modèle de production actuel du légendaire avion C-130 Hercules, avec des opérateurs dans 17 pays. À ce jour, la flotte mondiale de C-130J a dépassé plus de 1,7 million d'heures de vol pour répondre à presque toutes les exigences de la mission à tout moment et en tout lieu.

«Nous célébrons cet accomplissement avec nos employés, nos partenaires de l'industrie et la communauté des opérateurs Super Hercules qui s'étend sur 17 pays», a déclaré George Shultz, vice-président et directeur général, Air Mobility & Maritime Missions chez Lockheed Martin.

Le C-130J est défini par sa polyvalence. À ce jour, le C-130J prend en charge 17 configurations de mission différentes pour inclure le transport (militaire et commercial), la lutte contre les incendies, la recherche et le sauvetage, les opérations spéciales, la reconnaissance météorologique et le ravitaillement aérien.

Cet avion a une autre distinction en plus d'être le 400ème C-130J livré, c'est le 13ème MC-130J qui sera converti en AC-130J « Ghostrider ». Il sera affecté à la 1ère escadre des opérations spéciales au Hurlburt Field, en Floride. L'AC-130J est un C-130J hautement modifié qui offre un soutien aérien, une interdiction aérienne et une reconnaissance armée.

L’AC-130J «Ghostrider»:

C’est au tout début du mois de janvier 2013 que le premier MC-130J est arrivé pour commencer sa transformation en AC-130J «Ghostrider». L’AC-130J «Ghostrider» est doté d’un radar à ouverture synthétique, de capteurs infrarouge d’un canon de 30mm, de missiles AGM-176 «Griffin». L’avion pourra également mettre en oeuvre la bombe de petit diamètre de type GBU-39 (SDB laser). Les capteurs permettent d’identifier visuellement ou électroniquement, les forces et les cibles terrestres amies à tout moment, même dans des conditions météorologiques défavorables. L'avion est optimisé pour le ravitaillement en vol en mode universelle avec le système «Air Prise Slipway». Pour répondre aux exigences de puissance imposées par l’avionique et les différents systèmes, l'AC-130J est équipé de 60 générateurs d'amplification qui offrent une production accrue en électricité.

Le gouvernement des États-Unis exploite la plus grande flotte de C-130J Super Hercules au monde. Cette livraison représente la transition continue du gouvernement américain vers le C-130J en tant que plate-forme commune entre le Commandement de la mobilité aérienne, l'AFSOC, le Commandement de combat aérien, la Garde côtière américaine et le US Marine Corps. La Garde nationale aérienne et la Réserve exploitent encore une flotte mixte de C-130J et d'avions anciens.



Photos : 1 Le 400ème MC-130J qui sera modifié en AS-130J 2 L’AC-130J Ghostrider@ Lockheed-Martin

http://psk.blog.24heures.ch/archive/2018/02/12/lockheed-martin-a-livre-le-400eme-c-130j-865160.html

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