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  • Lockheed Flies 2nd LM-100J Commercial Freighter Unit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Flies 2nd LM-100J Commercial Freighter Unit

    Lockheed Martin has completed a maiden flight of the second production LM-100J aircraft, a commercial freighter variant of the company’s C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft platform. LM-100J is designed to support civil missions such as firefighting, medical evacuation and transport of very important persons, Lockheed said Thursday. Wayne Roberts, LM-100J chief test pilot at Lockheed, said the the first two LM-100J units will […] More

  • Aviation Training Consulting to Help Train Kuwait's KC-130J, L-100 Aircrew Under Navy FMS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aviation Training Consulting to Help Train Kuwait’s KC-130J, L-100 Aircrew Under Navy FMS Contract

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Aviation Training Consulting a potential four-year, $43.7 million contract to provide aircrew and maintenance training products for Kuwait’s KC-130J tanker aircraft as part of a foreign military sales deal. Aviation Training Consulting will also support L-100 transport aircraft transition training of the Kuwaiti air force under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Defense Department said Thursday. DoD added that […] More

  • Lockheed Unveils New Civil Freighter Variant of C-130J Tactical Airlifter - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Unveils New Civil Freighter Variant of C-130J Tactical Airlifter

    Lockheed Martin has unveiled a multipurpose commercial freighter offering the company derived from its C-130J Super Hercules aircraft platform for military transport operations. The LM-100J  is a modernized version of the L-100 Hercules platform and designed to support oversized cargo transport, oil and gas exploration, mining logistics, aerial firefighting, medical evacuation/air ambulance and search-and-rescue operations, Lockheed said Thursday. The […] More

  • Lockheed Begins Wing Production of LM-100J Freighter Aircraft; George Shultz Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Begins Wing Production of LM-100J Freighter Aircraft; George Shultz Comments

    Lockheed Martin has begun wing production for the LM-100J commercial freighter aircraft — the civil-certified variant of the C-130J Super Hercules — at the company’s facility in Marietta, Georgia. Lockheed said Monday it is manufacturing other structural components at its Meridian, Mississippi and Clarksburg, West Virginia facilities. George Shultz, Lockheed vice president and general manager of air mobility and maritime missions, said the LM-100J […] More