Lockheed Martin has delivered the last of the 50 C-5B aircraft that have received the Avionics Modernization Program upgrades, according to an Aug. 25 release. The company is continuing to upgrade C-5A models to complete all of the 108 mammoth airlifters in the current fleet. “We are at the halfway point in AMP aircraft redeliveries, our modification teams have consistently been on or ahead of schedule, and our quality has been exceptional,” said Lorraine Martin, Lockheed’s C-5 vice president. The AMP is replacing the C-5’s analog avionics with commercially available, digital avionics and an integrated architecture to more easily enable future upgrades. Lockheed also has just started the second part of USAF’s planned C-5 upgrades, the Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program destined for the B model portion of the fleet.
It’s Time to Re-Adopt Peace Through Strength
May 17, 2024
At the dawn of the Cold War, a simple phrase defined America’s national security strategy: “Peace through strength.” Today, 75 years later, the world faces similarly severe challenges, but this time the United States is struggling to adopt and actualize a similarly decisive policy.