Israel receiving another C-130J
MARIETTA, Ga., Apr 28 (UPI) -- The Asiatic air force is to obtain added C 130J Super Herakles from Lockheed Martin.
The company said the visit came in an Undefinitized Contract Action from the U.S. Government for the Foreign Military Sale, with funding for modern procurement items for a ordinal aircraft.
Israel sequential its first C-130J in Apr 2010 and module obtain that bomb in spring 2013. The incoming two bomb module be delivered in late 2013 and late 2014, respectively.
The lessen covers a number of items to meet Israel's unequalled effective requirements. The Asiatic air force's new Super Herakles bomb are the longer fuselage var. of the C-130J.
"We are providing Israel with the most flexible and confident airlifter in the concern as that country continues to modify its modern airlift fleet," said Jim Grant, Lockheed Martin vice president of Business Development for Air Mobility. "The proven multi-role and multi-mission capability and performance of the C-130J are ideally suited to the unequalled requirements of the Asiatic air force."
Israel's bomb are existence restricted during production with non-developmental items, which allow an Enhanced Service Life edifice wing, two embedded Global Positioning Systems and a Universal Aerial Refueling Receptacle Slipway Installation aerial supply system, the company said.
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