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C-130J Hercules of 30 Sqn RAF
C-130J Hercules Tactical Transport Aircraft, USA
The Lockheed Martin C-130 is the US Air Force principal tactical cargo and personnel transport aircraft, and the C-130J Hercules is the latest model, featuring a glass cockpit, digital avionics and a new propulsion system with a six-bladed propeller.
"The C-130 has been in continuous production since 1954 and over 2,260 Hercules have been built."
The C-130 has been in continuous production since 1954 and over 2,260 Hercules have been built for 67 countries. The improvements built into the C-130J, which entered production in 1997, have enhanced the performance of the aircraft in terms of range, cruise ceiling time to climb, speed and airfield requirements.
A stretched version, the C-130J-30 has been developed and is designated CC-130J by the USAF. The first C-130J-30 for the UK RAF (the launch customer) was delivered in November 1999.
The C-130J entered active service with the USAF at Little Rock Air Force Base in April 2004 and was first deployed in December 2004. The first combat airdrop for the USAF was in July 2005.
C-130J ORDERS
Over 180 C-130J and C-130J-30 aircraft have been ordered and over 121 delivered. Orders are: US Air Force, Air National Guard, Marine Corps and Coastguard (89 x C-130J and C-130J-30, 20 x KC-130J tankers), UK (ten x C-130J, 15 x C-130J-30, all delivered), Italian Air Force (12 x C-130J, ten x C-130J-30 all delivered), Royal Australian Air Force (12 x C-130J), Kuwaiti Air Force (four x C-130J-30) and Danish Air Force (three x C-130J-30, all delivered, plus one ordered in July 2004).
In April 2004, the US Marine Corps formally accepted the first KC-130J tanker / transport into service. The aircraft was first deployed in combat in April 2005 in Iraq.
Lockheed Martin is proposing the C-130J for the US Army / Air Force Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) competition. 70 aircraft are required by the army and 75 by the USAF. A decision is expected in 2007.
COCKPIT
The C-130J is crewed by two pilots and a loadmaster. The new glass cockpit features four L-3 display systems multifunction liquid crystal displays for flight control and navigation systems.
Each pilot has a Flight Dynamics Head-Up Display (HUD). The dual mission computers, supplied by BAE Systems IEWS, operate and monitor the aircraft systems and advise the crew of status.
"Lockheed Martin is proposing the C-130J for the Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA)."
The cockpit is fitted with the Northrop Grumman low-power colour radar display. The map display shows digitally stored map image data. The C-130J is equipped with a Honeywell dual embedded Global Positioning System / Inertial Navigation System (GPS/INS), an Enhanced Traffic alerting and Collision Avoidance System (E-TCAS), a ground collision avoidance system, SKE2000 station keeping system, and an Instrument Landing System (ILS).
CARGO SYSTEMS
The cargo bay of the C-130J has a total usable volume of over 4,500ft³ and can accommodate loads up to 37,216lb - for example, three armoured personnel carriers, five pallets, 74 litters (stretchers), 92 equipped combat troops or 64 paratroops. The bay is equipped with cargo handling rollers, tie-down rings, stowage containers and stowage for troop seats.
COUNTERMEASURES
The ATK AN/AAR-47 missile warning system uses electro-optic sensors to detect missile exhaust and advanced signal processing algorithms and spectral selection to analyse and prioritise threats. Sensors are mounted near the nose just below the second cockpit window and in the tail cone.
The BAE Systems AN/ALR-56M radar warning receiver is a superheterodyne receiver operating in the 2GHz to 20GHz bands. A low-band antenna and four high-band quadrant antennae are installed near the nose section below the second window of the cockpit and in the tail cone.
The BAE Systems Integrated Defense Solutions (formerly Tracor) AN/ALE-47 countermeasures system is capable of dispensing chaff and infrared flares in addition to the POET and GEN-X active expendable decoys.
The Lockheed Martin AN/ALQ-157 infrared countermeasures system generates a varying frequency-agile infrared jamming signal. The infrared transmitter is surface mounted at the aft end of the main undercarriage bay fairing.
"The C-130J is equipped with four Allison AE2100D3 turboprop engines, each rated at 4,591shp"
The USAF has selected the Northrop Grumman Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) system to equip its C-130 aircraft. LAIRCM is based on the AN/AAQ-24(V) NEMESIS.
It entered low-rate initial production in August 2002 and completed initial operational test and evaluation in July 2004. A five-year delivery order for the system was placed by the USAF in July 2006.
RADAR
The Northrop Grumman MODAR 4,000-colour weather and navigation radar is installed in the upward hinged dielectric radome in the nose of the aircraft. The weather radar has a range of 250nm.
ENGINES
The C-130J is equipped with four Allison AE2100D3 turboprop engines, each rated at 4,591 shaft horsepower (3,425kW). The all-composite six-blade R391 propeller system was developed by Dowty Aerospace.
The engines are equipped with Full-Authority Digital Electronic Control (FADEC) by Lucas Aerospace. An automatic thrust control system (ATCS) optimises the balance of power on the engines, allowing lower values of minimum control speeds and superior short-airfield performance.
The aircraft can carry a maximum internal fuel load of 45,900lb. An additional 18,700lb of fuel can be carried in external underwing fuel tanks. The refuelling probe installed on the centre of the fuselage has been relocated on the C-130J to the port side, over the cockpit.
STRETCHED C-130J-30
The C-130J-30 is the stretched version of the C-130J. The cargo floor length of the stretched version is increased from 40ft to 55ft which gives a significant increase in the aircraft's airlift capability.
"The cargo bay of the C-130J has a total usable volume of over 4,500ft³."
The stretched C-130J-30 can carry eight 463L pallets, 97 litters, 24 CDS (US Container Delivery System) bundles, 128 equipped combat troops or 92 paratroopers.
The first C-130J-30 for the UK RAF was delivered in November 1999 and deliveries of all 15 aircraft ordered were completed in June 2001.
The aircraft is in production for the US Air Force (39 aircraft, the first of which was delivered to the Air National Guard in December 2001), the Royal Australian Air Force (12), the Italian Air Force (ten) and has been ordered by the Kuwaiti Air Force (four) and the Danish Air Force (three).
SPECIFICATION
C-130J climbs faster, higher and further and takes off and lands in a shorter distance than C-130.
C-130J climbs faster, higher and further and takes off and lands in a shorter distance than C-130.
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The C-130J Hercules heavy lift aircraft.
The C-130J Hercules heavy lift aircraft.
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Flight Dynamics Head-up Displays are standard equipment on the C-130J.
Flight Dynamics Head-up Displays are standard equipment on the C-130J.
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C-130J has a two-pilot cockpit with a Northrop Grumman low-power colour radar and Lockheed Martin multifunction displays.
C-130J has a two-pilot cockpit with a Northrop Grumman low-power colour radar and Lockheed Martin multifunction displays.
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The countermeasures system can dispense chaff cartridges and infrared flares and the POET and GEN-X active expendable decoys.
The countermeasures system can dispense chaff cartridges and infrared flares and the POET and GEN-X active expendable decoys.
The cargo bay of the C-130J has a total usable volume of over 4,500 cubic feet and can accommodate loads up to 37,216lb.
The cargo bay of the C-130J has a total usable volume of over 4,500 cubic feet and can accommodate loads up to 37,216lb.
FEATURED SUPPLIERS
* Advanced Conversion Products - Military Power Supplies for Critical Applications
* Airtechnology Group - Fans, Fan Heaters, Motors and Generators and Switches and Sensors
* Artus Division - Electro-Mechanical Solutions for Military and Commercial Applications
* Aviation Spares International - Military Aircraft and Helicopter Spares
* BCF Designs - Military and Civil Aircraft Test Equipment
* Engenuity - Software Solutions for Embedded Display Graphics and Custom Simulations
* Heim Systems - Data Acquisition Hardware
* Hybricon Corporation - Enclosures, Backplanes and Custom Engineered Solutions for Military Applications
* Link Simulation and Training - Military Simulators and Training Systems
* Phoenix Logistics - MIL-STD-1553 Data Bus and Military Interconnect Products
* Saft, Industrial Batteries Group - Aircraft Batteries
* Sensitron - Integrated Power Electronics, Microelectronics and Discrete Semiconductors
* Vicor - Military COTS Power Component Solutions
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Project - RAF Waddington Air Show
C-130J Hercules of 30 Sqn RAF
C-130J Hercules Tactical Transport Aircraft, USA
The Lockheed Martin C-130 is the US Air Force principal tactical cargo and personnel transport aircraft, and the C-130J Hercules is the latest model, featuring a glass cockpit, digital avionics and a new propulsion system with a six-bladed propeller.
"The C-130 has been in continuous production since 1954 and over 2,260 Hercules have been built."
The C-130 has been in continuous production since 1954 and over 2,260 Hercules have been built for 67 countries. The improvements built into the C-130J, which entered production in 1997, have enhanced the performance of the aircraft in terms of range, cruise ceiling time to climb, speed and airfield requirements.
A stretched version, the C-130J-30 has been developed and is designated CC-130J by the USAF. The first C-130J-30 for the UK RAF (the launch customer) was delivered in November 1999.
The C-130J entered active service with the USAF at Little Rock Air Force Base in April 2004 and was first deployed in December 2004. The first combat airdrop for the USAF was in July 2005.
C-130J ORDERS
Over 180 C-130J and C-130J-30 aircraft have been ordered and over 121 delivered. Orders are: US Air Force, Air National Guard, Marine Corps and Coastguard (89 x C-130J and C-130J-30, 20 x KC-130J tankers), UK (ten x C-130J, 15 x C-130J-30, all delivered), Italian Air Force (12 x C-130J, ten x C-130J-30 all delivered), Royal Australian Air Force (12 x C-130J), Kuwaiti Air Force (four x C-130J-30) and Danish Air Force (three x C-130J-30, all delivered, plus one ordered in July 2004).
In April 2004, the US Marine Corps formally accepted the first KC-130J tanker / transport into service. The aircraft was first deployed in combat in April 2005 in Iraq.
Lockheed Martin is proposing the C-130J for the US Army / Air Force Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) competition. 70 aircraft are required by the army and 75 by the USAF. A decision is expected in 2007.
COCKPIT
The C-130J is crewed by two pilots and a loadmaster. The new glass cockpit features four L-3 display systems multifunction liquid crystal displays for flight control and navigation systems.
Each pilot has a Flight Dynamics Head-Up Display (HUD). The dual mission computers, supplied by BAE Systems IEWS, operate and monitor the aircraft systems and advise the crew of status.
"Lockheed Martin is proposing the C-130J for the Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA)."
The cockpit is fitted with the Northrop Grumman low-power colour radar display. The map display shows digitally stored map image data. The C-130J is equipped with a Honeywell dual embedded Global Positioning System / Inertial Navigation System (GPS/INS), an Enhanced Traffic alerting and Collision Avoidance System (E-TCAS), a ground collision avoidance system, SKE2000 station keeping system, and an Instrument Landing System (ILS).
CARGO SYSTEMS
The cargo bay of the C-130J has a total usable volume of over 4,500ft³ and can accommodate loads up to 37,216lb - for example, three armoured personnel carriers, five pallets, 74 litters (stretchers), 92 equipped combat troops or 64 paratroops. The bay is equipped with cargo handling rollers, tie-down rings, stowage containers and stowage for troop seats.
COUNTERMEASURES
The ATK AN/AAR-47 missile warning system uses electro-optic sensors to detect missile exhaust and advanced signal processing algorithms and spectral selection to analyse and prioritise threats. Sensors are mounted near the nose just below the second cockpit window and in the tail cone.
The BAE Systems AN/ALR-56M radar warning receiver is a superheterodyne receiver operating in the 2GHz to 20GHz bands. A low-band antenna and four high-band quadrant antennae are installed near the nose section below the second window of the cockpit and in the tail cone.
The BAE Systems Integrated Defense Solutions (formerly Tracor) AN/ALE-47 countermeasures system is capable of dispensing chaff and infrared flares in addition to the POET and GEN-X active expendable decoys.
The Lockheed Martin AN/ALQ-157 infrared countermeasures system generates a varying frequency-agile infrared jamming signal. The infrared transmitter is surface mounted at the aft end of the main undercarriage bay fairing.
"The C-130J is equipped with four Allison AE2100D3 turboprop engines, each rated at 4,591shp"
The USAF has selected the Northrop Grumman Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) system to equip its C-130 aircraft. LAIRCM is based on the AN/AAQ-24(V) NEMESIS.
It entered low-rate initial production in August 2002 and completed initial operational test and evaluation in July 2004. A five-year delivery order for the system was placed by the USAF in July 2006.
RADAR
The Northrop Grumman MODAR 4,000-colour weather and navigation radar is installed in the upward hinged dielectric radome in the nose of the aircraft. The weather radar has a range of 250nm.
ENGINES
The C-130J is equipped with four Allison AE2100D3 turboprop engines, each rated at 4,591 shaft horsepower (3,425kW). The all-composite six-blade R391 propeller system was developed by Dowty Aerospace.
The engines are equipped with Full-Authority Digital Electronic Control (FADEC) by Lucas Aerospace. An automatic thrust control system (ATCS) optimises the balance of power on the engines, allowing lower values of minimum control speeds and superior short-airfield performance.
The aircraft can carry a maximum internal fuel load of 45,900lb. An additional 18,700lb of fuel can be carried in external underwing fuel tanks. The refuelling probe installed on the centre of the fuselage has been relocated on the C-130J to the port side, over the cockpit.
STRETCHED C-130J-30
The C-130J-30 is the stretched version of the C-130J. The cargo floor length of the stretched version is increased from 40ft to 55ft which gives a significant increase in the aircraft's airlift capability.
"The cargo bay of the C-130J has a total usable volume of over 4,500ft³."
The stretched C-130J-30 can carry eight 463L pallets, 97 litters, 24 CDS (US Container Delivery System) bundles, 128 equipped combat troops or 92 paratroopers.
The first C-130J-30 for the UK RAF was delivered in November 1999 and deliveries of all 15 aircraft ordered were completed in June 2001.
The aircraft is in production for the US Air Force (39 aircraft, the first of which was delivered to the Air National Guard in December 2001), the Royal Australian Air Force (12), the Italian Air Force (ten) and has been ordered by the Kuwaiti Air Force (four) and the Danish Air Force (three).
SPECIFICATION
C-130J climbs faster, higher and further and takes off and lands in a shorter distance than C-130.
C-130J climbs faster, higher and further and takes off and lands in a shorter distance than C-130.
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The C-130J Hercules heavy lift aircraft.
The C-130J Hercules heavy lift aircraft.
Expand Image
Flight Dynamics Head-up Displays are standard equipment on the C-130J.
Flight Dynamics Head-up Displays are standard equipment on the C-130J.
Expand Image
C-130J has a two-pilot cockpit with a Northrop Grumman low-power colour radar and Lockheed Martin multifunction displays.
C-130J has a two-pilot cockpit with a Northrop Grumman low-power colour radar and Lockheed Martin multifunction displays.
Expand Image
The countermeasures system can dispense chaff cartridges and infrared flares and the POET and GEN-X active expendable decoys.
The countermeasures system can dispense chaff cartridges and infrared flares and the POET and GEN-X active expendable decoys.
The cargo bay of the C-130J has a total usable volume of over 4,500 cubic feet and can accommodate loads up to 37,216lb.
The cargo bay of the C-130J has a total usable volume of over 4,500 cubic feet and can accommodate loads up to 37,216lb.
FEATURED SUPPLIERS
* Advanced Conversion Products - Military Power Supplies for Critical Applications
* Airtechnology Group - Fans, Fan Heaters, Motors and Generators and Switches and Sensors
* Artus Division - Electro-Mechanical Solutions for Military and Commercial Applications
* Aviation Spares International - Military Aircraft and Helicopter Spares
* BCF Designs - Military and Civil Aircraft Test Equipment
* Engenuity - Software Solutions for Embedded Display Graphics and Custom Simulations
* Heim Systems - Data Acquisition Hardware
* Hybricon Corporation - Enclosures, Backplanes and Custom Engineered Solutions for Military Applications
* Link Simulation and Training - Military Simulators and Training Systems
* Phoenix Logistics - MIL-STD-1553 Data Bus and Military Interconnect Products
* Saft, Industrial Batteries Group - Aircraft Batteries
* Sensitron - Integrated Power Electronics, Microelectronics and Discrete Semiconductors
* Vicor - Military COTS Power Component Solutions
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