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Home» News»US Coast Guard expands fleet of HC-130J aircraft
USCG HC-130J Long Range Surveillance Aircraft (Credit : US Coast Guard)

US Coast Guard expands fleet of HC-130J aircraft

Based on funds that will be transferred from the US Coast Guard, the US Air Force awarded a contract for production of one C-130J Super Hercules to Lockheed Martin Corp. Dec. 27, 2019.

Nathan Gain 29 Jan 2020

USCG press release

The 17th C-130J in the Coast Guard’s fleet is expected to be delivered in 2024.The Coast Guard order was part of a larger $3 billion multiyear Air Force contract action that included options for six Coast Guard C-130J aircraft. All contract work will be completed at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics’ Marietta, Georgia, facility.

The Air Force is the government’s executive agent for all C-130 procurements. The Coast Guard will award separate post production contracts to configure the aircraft to meet its mission requirements, called missionization and redesignation to an HC-130J.

The Coast Guard currently operates 11 HC-130Js as part of its long range surveillance aircraft fleet. Two C-130Js are undergoing missionization with delivery expected in February and July 2020. Three additional C-130Js are under construction, with delivery in 2020 and 2023. Upon delivery to the Coast Guard, missionization of these aircraft will take an additional year.

The Super Hercules carries out many Coast Guard missions, including search and rescue, drug and migrant interdiction, cargo and personnel transport, and maritime stewardship. The aircraft is capable of serving as an on-scene command and control platform or as a surveillance platform with the means to detect, classify and identify objects and share that information with operational forces.

HC-130J Characteristics
  • Length: 97 feet 9 inches
  • Wingspan: 132 feet 7inches
  • Height: 38 feet 11 inches
  • Maximum Weight: 155,000 pounds
  • Cruise Speed: 320 knots true airspeed
  • Range: 4,900 nautical miles
  • Endurance: 20+ hours
  • Standardized Minotaur mission system across all Coast Guard fixed-wing aircraft (under development)
  • Real-time tracking and Rescue 21 integration to enhance common operating picture and maritime domain awareness
  • Advanced radar and electro-optical/infrared sensors for search and rescue, law enforcement and intelligence gathering missions; the Coast Guard’s Super Hercules is the first HC-130 aircraft in the world with a 360-degree, belly-mounted, multimode surface search radar
  • Commonality of command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance components and capabilities with those on the Coast Guard’s medium range surveillance aircraft
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Posted by : Nathan Gain
Nathan is based in Namur, Belgium. He holds an MA in modern history with a minor in international relations from the Catholic University of Louvain (UCL – Belgium). Fascinated by military history he naturally turned to the defense sector after graduating and is particularly interested in Northern European and Belgian defense issues as well as in anything related to naval aviation.

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