Lockheed Martin offers to covert U.K.’s C-130Js to SC-130J configuration

Lockheed Martin believes Britain’s C-130Js could get a second-role as maritime patrol aircraft after undergoing conversion into SC-130Js.

Photo: Lockheed Martin

The conversion, which involves the installation of a surface search radar under the central fuselage and lengthening the landing gear sponsons, can be performed by Marshall Aerospace.

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