Lockheed Martin has notified the Federal Aviation Administration that the company plans to produce a civil variant of its C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft. The LM-100J variant plane is intended to leverage technology and design upgrades from the L-100 plane for other functions such as aerial firefighting and airborne medical patient transportation, Lockheed said Monday. […] More

Lockheed Martin has introduced a firefighting airtanker variant of the C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft at the Farnborough International Airshow. FireHerc is an updated version of Lockheed’s legacy L-11 Hercules commercial tanker and designed to help operators contain and control fires in difficult terrain and tough conditions, the company said Tuesday. The airtanker works to disperse retardants through either its […] More