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.
Multiple U.S. Air Force F-15 fighters have deployed to the strategic outpost of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean to protect the myriad of assets deployed there, including strategic bombers.