Lockheed Martin C-5 RERP

New contenders are emerging to vie for the outsize cargo market as the current fleet continues to age and shrink.

The early planning comes as the service is standing up its new Integrated Capabilities Command to look across its mission sets for new acquisition programs.

Plans to replace the three main fleets of mobility aircraft remain decades away, following the production run of the Next Generation Aerial Refueling System.

Although a 25-person team continued to make progress through 2019, Lockheed Martin decided to shut down the project to focus on core technology.