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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Air Force prepares industry for potential avionics and systems upgrades to C-130 utility aircraft

[C-130 Hercules]Aircraft systems experts at the U.S. Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, are reaching out to industry to find companies able to perform major avionics and systems upgrades to enhance the capabilities and design for continual improvements of three versions of the U.S. Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130J four-engine turboprop transport aircraft.

The Fixed-Wing Branch of the ASC Special Operations Forces (SOF) and Personnel Recovery Division issued a request for information (RFI: ResearchDevelopmentandIntegrationforHCMC_AC130J) on Monday for a potential C-130J upgrade and technology insertion program.

Of primary interest are the HC-130J search-and-rescue aircraft, the MC-130J special-operations aircraft, and the AC-130 ground-attack aircraft.

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