Danes pick Lockheed Martin for Super Hercules support
A different provider than the C-130J OEM would be unable to meet Danish requirements, DALO concludes.
Hercules for Philippines to undergo depot maintenance in Texas
The PAF received its first refurbished C-130H in January 2021. (Photo: PNA)
US company to support C-130 sales to Philippines under the Excess Defense Articles programme.
Mississippi-based Tyonek Services Overhaul Facility has obtained a sole-source IDIQ FMS contract worth up to $24.99 million from the US Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, to provide C-130H Hercules depot maintenance for the Philippines Air Force (PAF) under the Excess Defense Articles (EDA) programme.
The estimated value of the first order is $4.7 million, the DoD noted on 4 June.
Work will be performed in Waco, Texas, and is expected to be completed by December 2022.
Shephard Defence Insight notes that the PAF operates a mixed fleet of C-130E/Hs with an estimated retirement date of 2036 for the oldest airframes.
The PAF received its first refurbished C-130H in January 2021 via the EDA programme with another on order.
Shephard reported that the price tag of the two C-130Hs was around PHP2.5 billion ($52.8 million), with the Philippines contributing PHP1.6 billion and the US about PHP900 million.
The Hercules will be operated by the PAF’s 220th Airlift Wing. It is unclear when the second C-130H will arrive from the US.
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