C-130 Training Contracts for Lockheed Martin
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Lockheed Martin has received six contracts, with awards totaling $198.4 million, to improve training for C-130 airmen and operators around the world. The C-130J Super Hercules Maintenance and Aircrew Training System (JMATS) program has trained more than 10,000 airmen for missions including cargo transport, special missions and aerial refueling.
The contracts are for:
- U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) Weapon System Trainers: Five new C-130J weapon system trainers for AFSOC. These full flight simulators have specialized large field of view glass mirror visual systems, and will be delivered in MC (special mission) and AC (gunship) variants in mid-2020 through 2021 to Air Force Bases in the U.S., Japan and Germany.
- Air National Guard Reconfigurable Weapon System Trainers: A new, reconfigurable C-130J weapon system trainer for the Air National Guard at Quonset Point Reserve Base in Rhode Island in early 2020. This flight simulator will support training for the C and MC (special mission) variants of the aircraft. The contract also includes two years of maintenance and training operations support.
- Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) U.S. Marine Corps Observer Training Aids: Four new KC-130J observer trainers for NAVAIR. These training aids provide a variety of scenarios for crewmasters and loadmasters to recognize and respond to airborne emergencies, aerial refueling emergencies and threat detection and avoidance. The observer trainers will be delivered to Marine Corps locations in Cherry Point, North Carolina; Miramar, Florida; Ft. Worth, Texas and Iwakuni, Japan.
- Air Mobility Command (AMC) Obsolescence Phase-3: Upgrades the two AMC C-130J fuselage trainers at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas and two visual systems on the flight simulators at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas and Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany.
- Air Mobility Command (AMC) Obsolescence Phase-4: Upgrades 13 existing AMC trainers at Air Force Bases throughout the U.S. and Europe - including avionics systems management trainers, engine and propeller trainers, flight control trainers, multi-function training aids, load master and part task trainers, weapon systems trainers, integrated cockpit systems trainers and cockpit procedures trainers.
- Simulator Common Architecture and Requirements Standards: A one-year technical support contract to assist the U.S. Air Force with conducting analyses for common architectures across various simulator elements. These analyses will ultimately be used to set a common approach across all trainers for future acquisitions.
Lockheed Martin says it’s committed to C-130 training and has funded development of the Hercules Training Center (HTC), slated to open in Q2 2018. The HTC will train the next generation of air mobility pilots and crews for the C-130J airlifter and LM-100J commercial freighter and will include classroom space; training devices and a new, reconfigurable C-130J/LM-100J full mission simulator.
