The modernization effort updates the heavy lift aircraft's 60-year-old avionics with new flight management systems, autopilot, and digital engine instruments.
The newly all-digital C-130H cockpit sits ready for its next test flight at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The major upgrade, called Avionics Modernization Program Increment 2, is a significant improvement to the almost 60-year-old aircraft’s avionics and navigation systems. [Courtesy: U.S. Air Force]
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U.S. Air Force Reserve Command pilots are testing significant digital upgrades to the nearly 60-year-old C-130H's analog navigation and avionics systems.
The "Avionics Modernization Program Increment 2" completely modernizes the cockpit with new multifunctional displays, a flight management system, autopilot, and integrated digital instruments.
These approximately $7 million per aircraft upgrades dramatically improve navigation efficiency, simplify flight plan modifications, and enhance the overall crew interface for future C-130H operations.
U.S. Air Force Reserve Command pilots at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, have started testing new digital upgrades to the nearly 60-year-old C-130H’s analog navigation and avionics systems.
Gone are the three analog gauges and in their place are six new multifunctional displays that work together through the aircraft’s flight deck.
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