Lockheed supplying more C-130J training solutions

Lockheed Martin reports it has received more than $80 million in contracts from the U.S. Air Force for C-130 aircrew and maintenance training solutions.

The contracts provide for delivery of a C-130J Air Mobility Command weapon systems trainer and C-130J AMC loadmaster part task trainer at Yokota Air Base in Yokota, Japan; a KC-130J weapons systems trainer, spares, support equipment and technical data; C-130 aircrew training system operations and maintenance services; and C-130J Training System Support Center services.

"Lockheed Martin is applying more than 20 years of C-130 training experience to continue infusing new capabilities into these programs," said Jim Weitzel, vice president of Training Solutions for Lockheed Martin. "Ensuring our training systems evolve, as aircraft platforms mature and as the threat environment changes, supports our warfighters in training and accelerates mission readiness."

Lockheed Martin said it has so far trained more than 15,000 students and delivered 17 major training devices, 12 training aids and more than 3300 aircrew courseware lessons under the Air Force's legacy C-130J Maintenance and Aircrew Training System program.