Lockheed Martin has received a $110 million contract to upgrade C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft for Australia, Denmark, Italy, and the United Kingdom. A company release says the Block 6.1 upgrade will allow the countries to share the cost of development, design, test, and integration, while adding their own specific capabilities to each country’s respective aircraft.
Amid NATO’s continued push to ramp up air defenses in Eastern Europe, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall swung by seven allied countries to boost relations last week, including those on Russia’s and Ukraine’s doorstep.