USAF Awards Lockheed Martin $1.4B C-130J Sustainment Contract
Contract work will be performed at Lockheed Martin's Marietta, Georgia facility, which the company said will also be one of the locations selected for LMXT tanker production.
A C-130J Super Hercules taxies down the runway at the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Marietta, Ga. [Courtesy: Us-Indo Pacific Command]
Key Takeaways:
The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.42 billion contract for the maintenance and sustainment of its C-130J Super Hercules cargo aircraft.
Lockheed Martin announced it will build its new LMXT strategic tanker aircraft, an offering for the USAF's KC-Y Bridge Tanker Program, at facilities in Marietta, Georgia, and Mobile, Alabama.
The LMXT production will involve a two-phase process, starting with Airbus A330 airliner production in Mobile, followed by conversion into a tanker at Lockheed Martin's Marietta facility.
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $1.42 billion maintenance contract to Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) for its cargo workhorse, the C-130J, the Department of Defense announced Monday.
USAF’s Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia issued the indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for the C-130J Super Hercules sustainment support effort.
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