Lockheed Martin C-130J

The Aviation Week Intelligence Network is tracking $193 billion in open opportunities for military aircraft over the next decade.

The Polish Ministry of Defense has signed a contract to upgrade its 16 Airbus C295M transport aircraft.

The partnership of five agencies operates from a facility in Boise, Idaho, and is responsible for wildland fire management of 674 million acres of federal land.

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The service’s Operational Energy office has outlined several programs aimed at increasing the efficiency of military aircraft.

U.S. Air Force leaders say the service’s mobility fleet of tankers and airlifters need to become more connected to each other.

Top service official says tanker, fighter and Collaborative Combat Aircraft plans are unaffordable without large changes.

The partnership will initially target the retrofit of military fixed-wing aircraft for special missions.

The armed forces will receive deliveries of some €10.6 billion of new equipment, including new aircraft, helicopters and uncrewed aircraft systems.

Fan-in-wing VTOL airlifter; Electrifying the C-130; Hover record goal for LH2 drone; Fly-drive logistics eVTOL.

The proposal is supported by NASA studies showing potential energy savings from the hybridization of the C-130.

The Aurora concept includes two turbofan fan engines for horizontal thrust and four fans embedded into the blended wing body airframe for vertical lift.

Market research has started on a new intratheater airlifter program that could begin fielding hundreds of new aircraft after 2031.

NOAA expects Lockheed to deliver the fully instrumented aircraft in 2030.

The Boeing subsidiary’s proposed version of the Liberty Lifter demonstrator features a 213-ft. wingspan and the ability to carry up 50,000 lb. of cargo.

The U.S. and India will deepen defense industrial cooperation, the two countries’ leaders said on Sept. 21.

About 60% of Venezuela’s Air Force fleet comprises Western aircraft, and this ratio is likely to remain relatively unchanged as Venezuela’s relations with the U.S., especially, are slowly improving.

Lockheed Martin could assemble and maintain C-130Js at Tata Advanced Systems if the transport wins an Indian Air Force order for up to 80 aircraft.

Lockheed announced the deal in conjunction with the Egypt International Airshow.

C-130J as a hydrogen demonstrator; fuel cells for European regional project; ductile composites for LH2 tanks.

The military transport’s four-turboprop layout would allow inflight testing of hydrogen combustion engines with flexibility and safety.

The Uruguayan Air Force is reaping the benefits of a rapid increase in defense spending over the past few years, and has10 planned new aircraft purchases.

The Royal New Zealand Air Force took delivery of its first Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Hercules on Aug. 8 to kick off a much-needed fleet modernization.

The fiscal 2025 defense appropriations bill passed by Senate appropriators proposes to acquire 255 new military aircraft, or 19 more than the Pentagon requested.

Senate appropriators are seeking to reverse some of the Pentagon’s proposed development cutbacks as part of an $852.2 billion fiscal 2025 defense spending bill.