Lockheed Martin Starts Construction on Training Center for Hercules Pilots, Crew

Lockheed Martin has started the construction of a training center focused on the C-130J Super Hercules airlifter and LM-100J commercial freighter at a site in Marietta, Georgia.

The Hercules Training Center will work to train future air mobility pilots and crews for the C-130J and LM-100J and feature classroom space, training devices and a reconfigurable C-130J/LM-100J full-mission simulator, Lockheed said Tuesday.

Sandy Samuel, vice president for training and simulation solutions at Lockheed, noted that the training center is a shared investment of the company’s aeronautics and mission systems and training business units.

Lockheed, which broke ground on the site Monday, said HTC is expected to be operational by 2018.