Portugal pare down C-130 upgrade

Portugal has decided against spending $36 million to upgrade its five C-130s under a Foreign Military Sales program.

The Portuguese Air Force C-130 arrives at McChord AFB for RODEO 94
By A1C Sean Worrell [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The cargo planes will instead be getting avionics upgrade with support of the Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research, Jane’s reported.