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C-130J Super Hercules

Latest production version of the C-130 tactical airlifter, built by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, which has replaced older C-130E and some C-130H aircraft in the Air Force fleet. The C-130J entered the Air Force inventory in February 1999; a stretched C-130J-30 version adds 15 feet to the fuselage. The aircraft remains in production.

ProductionU.S. Air ForceC-130JC-130J-30Super Hercules

Contracts$35.32B obligated since FY2008

Contractors13

  1. Lockheed Martin$34.59B 98%
  2. Boeing$278M 0.8%
  3. L3Harris Technologies$153M 0.4%
  4. RTX$149M 0.4%
  5. BAE Systems$87.9M 0.2%
  6. V2X$37.1M 0.1%
  7. GE Aerospace$20.2M 0.1%
  8. Leidos$1.5M 0.0%
  9. Booz Allen Hamilton$691K 0.0%
  10. Northrop Grumman$409K 0.0%
  11. Honeywell International$389K 0.0%
  12. Leonardo DRS$167K 0.0%

Awards50

Obligations are signed USAspending prime-contract actions coded to this program, FY2008 to date, credited to the company that received each action. Obligations are money committed, not company revenue.