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work is expected to be completed by April 2020, the Department
of Defense said in its daily digest of major contract awards.
Last month, Lockheed announced that it had reached a verbal
agreement with the U.S. Air Force for a five-year contract to
build up to 83 C-130 J Super Hercules transport planes for the
Air Force, Coast Guard and Marine Corps through 2020.
Lockheed has sold C-130J transport planes to 16 countries, and
330 of the turboprop planes have been delivered or are currently
on order.
The planes, which are able to touch down on austere landing
zones - essentially makeshift runways - are often used for
humanitarian relief missions, special operations, aerial
refueling, close air support, and search and rescue.
(Reporting by Idrees Ali; Editing by Bill Rigby)
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