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flag Lockheed Martin offers C-130J Super Hercules with Indian production to win India’s bid for 80 new transport planes.

flag Lockheed Martin is pushing its C-130J Super Hercules as the top contender for India’s procurement of up to 80 new transport aircraft to replace aging Soviet-era models, offering a production hub in India with Tata Advanced Systems. flag The company highlights the aircraft’s global track record, with over 560 units delivered and three million flight hours, along with advanced capabilities like AI integration, the Distributed Aperture System, and multi-mission versatility. flag India’s Air Force, already operating 12 C-130Js, issued a Request for Information in 2022, with a major procurement decision expected soon. flag The deal, if approved, would be the largest international sale in the C-130J’s 70-year history and a significant step in U.S.-India defense cooperation, competing against Embraer’s KC-390 and Airbus’s A-400M.

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