Flying Magazine reports, “The U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has awarded a $105 million contract to Merlin to build virtually autonomously operated C-130J Super Hercules transports. Although the description of the resulting aircraft is that they have ‘reduced aircrew capability,’ one of the requirements for the contract is that they be able to fly takeoff to touchdown without human intervention.”
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Tag: C-130s
USAF Aims to Finish C-130H Repairs by September
Aviation Week reports that the US Air Force “will complete repairs on all of the aircraft in its C-130H fleet by the end of September after cracks in propeller blades forced a grounding of the fleet beginning in September 2022.”
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