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 comprehensive digital upgrades, known as Avionics Modernization Program Increment 2, for the nearly 60-year-old C-130H transport aircraft.
The modernization replaces analog navigation and avionics with six new multifunctional digital displays, a flight management system, autopilot, and other digital components, completely reconstructing the cockpit interface.
These upgrades significantly enhance navigation with modern GPS capabilities and streamline critical pilot tasks like modifying flight plans, reducing a process that once took minutes to less than 30 seconds.
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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