L3’s Integrated Aerospace Systems division is offering its C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) on the international market with the cooperation of the Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex C-130 Foreign Military Sales program office. AMP was devised for the U.S. Air Force’s C-130H fleet and is production-ready.
An important element is the integration of commercial off-the-shelf communications, navigation, surveillance/air traffic management (CNS/ATM) avionics that make the C-130H compliant with new air traffic mandates. It adds modern displays and is of an open architecture that permits the integration of various systems. The update is applicable to any C-130H subvariant and would be installed at L3 IAS’s facility in Waco, Texas.
Earlier this month L3 IAS announced a $499 million contract to upgrade 176 C-130Hs for the U.S. Air Force under the C-130 AMP Increment 2 contract.