Super Hercules for Northern Neighbor: Canada has signed a US $1.4 billion contract with Lockheed Martin for the purchase of 17 C-130J transport aircraft, thereby filling a dire need to replace aged C-130Es and C-130Hs used today by Canadian Forces. Delivery of the first airplane is scheduled for early 2010, the Ministry of National Defence, announced on Jan. 16. The parties expect to add a 20-year maintenance contract in 2009 that will increase the total value of the work to Lockheed. Under the terms of the Super Hercules deal, Lockheed Martin is required "to invest in the Canadian economy, dollar for dollar, what the Government of Canada spends in procuring and maintaining the aircraft over the life of the contract," according to the announcement. Canada joins Australia, Denmark, Italy, Norway, United Kingdom, and United States as purchasers of the C-130J. The Canadian government announced its intent to purchase the C-130Js in 2006, but the decision became controversial as critics argued that rival Airbus's A400M airlifter-which still hasn't flown-had not been fairly considered.
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Rationale for C-130J for USAF
Pieces of the Puzzle: With the current multiyear deal winding down and no successor arrangement in place yet, the future of the Air Force's C-130J program remains an open question. Air Mobility Command spokesman Maj. David Huxsoll tells the Daily Report that, as of April 28, the Air Force has accepted delivery of 65 of the 87 C-130Js under its contracted program of record, giving the service seven EC-130Js, 10 WC-130Js, and 48 combat-delivery models. The 22 yet-to-be delivered aircraft are all combat-delivery C-130Js, he said. All of the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command units under the current plan have received their full complement of aircraft. Further, the first combat-delivery active duty unit, the 41st Airlift Squadron at Little Rock AFB, Ark., has received nine of its 16 aircraft, Huxsoll said. Due to the demands of the global war on terror and the advanced age of the C-130E model, the Air Force likely will buy more J models over the next few years--perhaps many more. Huxsoll noted that the Fiscal 2008 supplemental defense spending request included 15 C-130Js. The service needs these airframes to ensure it can maintain at least 395 C-130 tails as it continues to retire E models. The Department of Defense's most recent selected acquisition report indicated that the Air Force intends to increase the C-130J program of record to 134 aircraft.
The Right Intratheater Mix?: With wear issues on legacy C-130E transports stacking up, the number of new C-130J models being sent to support the war on terror has increased, according to Air Mobility Command. In Fiscal 2007, the Air Force retired 51 C-130Es that were in restricted or grounded status, the command says. Under certain altitude conditions such as experienced in Afghanistan or in the high temperatures of Iraq, the C-130E can carry only about 15 percent of the cargo weight that a C-130J can handle and only about 26 percent of the C-130H , says AMC spokesman Maj. David Huxsoll. Because the J model provides such longer range and greater payload capacity, it offers much more flexibility, Huxsoll says. "Based on the results of the Intratheater Airlift Fleet Mix Analysis, we are confident the stretch variant of the C-130J is the most cost-effective solution to perform the intratheater airlift mission," he tells the Daily Report. AMC has programmed for 32 additional C-130Js between Fiscal 2010 and Fiscal 2013. Still to come is a new multiyear contract with Lockheed Martin (see above).
From AF Daily Report 8 May 08
The Right Intratheater Mix?: With wear issues on legacy C-130E transports stacking up, the number of new C-130J models being sent to support the war on terror has increased, according to Air Mobility Command. In Fiscal 2007, the Air Force retired 51 C-130Es that were in restricted or grounded status, the command says. Under certain altitude conditions such as experienced in Afghanistan or in the high temperatures of Iraq, the C-130E can carry only about 15 percent of the cargo weight that a C-130J can handle and only about 26 percent of the C-130H , says AMC spokesman Maj. David Huxsoll. Because the J model provides such longer range and greater payload capacity, it offers much more flexibility, Huxsoll says. "Based on the results of the Intratheater Airlift Fleet Mix Analysis, we are confident the stretch variant of the C-130J is the most cost-effective solution to perform the intratheater airlift mission," he tells the Daily Report. AMC has programmed for 32 additional C-130Js between Fiscal 2010 and Fiscal 2013. Still to come is a new multiyear contract with Lockheed Martin (see above).
From AF Daily Report 8 May 08
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