美 Lockheed Martin HC-130J CSAR & Tanker 출고식 (2)...

 

4월 8일字 블로그 글에 美 Lockheed Martin 社의 HC-130J 근접지원 및 공중급유 기능을 탑재한  다목적 수송기의 출고 소식을

전한 바 있습니다.  --->  HC-130J Moving

 

그동안 기체 외부 도장 작업을 모두 마치고 4월 19일 미 공군에 공식 전달하는 행사를 가졌다는 소식과 사진입니다. 사진의 경우

정면 모습이어서 다소 아쉬운 감은 없지 않습니다만, 8일에 소개했던 사진과 비교시 산뜻하면서도 한편으론 위엄있는 모습으로

보입니다.

 

제작사의 발표문도 함께 붙입니다. HC-130J 의 핵심적인 내용들을 축약해서 설명해 놓은 발표문입니다.

 

[4. 22 사진 추가]

미 공군이 제공하는 사진들을 추가로 소개합니다. 2번째 사진은 출고식 당일 1호기 모습이며, 3번째 사진은 2호기, 4번째 사진은

Lockheed Martin Marietta 공장 assembly line 을 찍은 모습입니다.

 

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First Lockheed Martin/USAF HC-130J Combat Rescue Tanker Rolls Out

 

MARIETTA, Ga., April 19th, 2010 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] rolled out the first of a new fleet of HC-130J combat rescue tankers for the U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command (ACC) during a ceremony here today. Maj. Gen. Thomas K. Andersen, director of requirements, Headquarters ACC, spoke at the ceremony.

 

“Personnel recovery is one of the Air Force’s core missions and vital to what we do in defense of America. The mission is demanding and we are grateful to those [employees] of Lockheed Martin assembled here that have given us a world-class aircraft ready for the demands of the mission,” Andersen said. “The HC-130J will enable us to meet the expanding operational tasks that we face today — wartime operations in Operation Enduring Freedom and the Horn of Africa, and relief operations in the continental United States as well as in areas like Haiti and Chile. For that, ACC, the Air Force and the nation thank you.”

 

Lockheed Martin is contracted with the U.S. Air Force to build 21 C 130J Super Hercules to replace aging fleets of combat search and rescue HC-130s and special operations MC 130s. The U.S. Air Force is authorized to acquire up to 31 HC/MC 130Js (11 HCs and 20 MCs).

 

“Yet again, we see the C-130 setting new standards for mission flexibility,” said Ross Reynolds, Lockheed Martin vice president for C-130 programs. “This new configuration of the proven C-130J will give ACC unparalleled capability for combat search and rescue. As demand for the C-130J continues to grow around the world, we will see more ways this aircraft can meet the demands of any operator and mission.”

 

The new aircraft, which is based on a KC-130J tanker baseline, will have the Enhanced Service Life Wing, Enhanced Cargo Handling System, a Universal Aerial Refueling Receptacle Slipway Installation (boom refueling receptacle), an electro-optical/infrared sensor, a combat systems operator station on the flight deck, and provisions for the large aircraft infrared countermeasures system. In-line production of this configuration reduces cost and risk, and meets the required 2012 initial operational capability.

 

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 140,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The Corporation reported 2009 sales of $45.2 billion.

 

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