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  • Lockheed Unveils Super Hercules' Firefighting Airtanker Variant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Unveils Super Hercules’ Firefighting Airtanker Variant

    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

  • Lockheed Eyes Hercules Training Center Launch in September; Vic Torla Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Eyes Hercules Training Center Launch in September; Vic Torla Comments

    Vic Torla, director of business development training and logistics solutions at Lockheed Martin‘s rotary and mission systems business, said in a Shepard Media report published Wednesday the company expects the certification for the Hercules Full Mission Simulator to be completed by September. The Hercules Training Center co-located with the aircraft production and collection facility in Marietta, Ga. […] More

  • Lockheed to Implement SAS Analytics Tech in Aircraft Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed to Implement SAS Analytics Tech in Aircraft Programs

    Lockheed Martin has partnered with SAS to integrate analytics technology into the Bethesda, Maryland-based company’s F-35, C-130J and LM-100J aircraft programs. Lockheed said Thursday it will implement SAS’ Viya-powered products to increase cross-platform collaboration among aircraft sustainment professionals and help them obtain insights with the use of artificial intelligence tools. Bruce Litchfield, vice president of sustainment operations at […] More

  • 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

  • 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 Martin Starts Construction on Training Center for Hercules Pilots, Crew - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    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, […] 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

  • CAE Secures Flight Simulator, Magnetic Anomaly Detector, Training Service Contracts; Gene Colabatistto Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CAE Secures Flight Simulator, Magnetic Anomaly Detector, Training Service Contracts; Gene Colabatistto Comments

    CAE has been awarded several contracts worth at least $91 million combined that cover training services, flight simulators and magnetic anomaly detectors for Lockheed Martin and two other defense customers. CAE USA will provide training services and perform courseware development work for the U.S. Air Force related to MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft […] More

  • Lockheed Builds New LM-100J, C-130J Pilot Training Hub; Jon Rambeau Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Builds New LM-100J, C-130J Pilot Training Hub; Jon Rambeau Comments

    Lockheed Martin has started construction work on a facility in Marietta, Georgia to provide air mobility training to pilots and aircrews of LM-100J civilian transport aircraft and C-130J military transport planes. “As military and commercial customers modernize and expand their fleets, we see an opportunity to offer increased value to our customers through this international training center,” Jon […] More

  • George Schultz: Lockheed to Modify Design for Future Super Hercules Civil Variant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    George Schultz: Lockheed to Modify Design for Future Super Hercules Civil Variant

    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