Mon, Jun 27, 2011
Five C-130 Avionics Modernization Program Aircraft Will Fly In
IOT&E Program
Final preparations are underway for five C-130 aircraft to enter
Boeing's Avionics Modernization Program (AMP). The U.S. Air Force
Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) program is set
to begin in early 2012.
"Once evaluation is complete in late 2012, we will have a fully
tested and proven weapon system that will offer more situational
awareness for aircrews, increasing flight safety during their many
mission types," said Mahesh Reddy, C-130 AMP program director for
Boeing.
Three AMP aircraft have been in scheduled programmed depot
maintenance at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Ga., over the
past year. Two of these aircraft received final software and
hardware upgrades at Boeing's Flight Test Operations facility in
Palmdale, bringing them up to production configuration. The first
of these was delivered to Little Rock Air Force Base, AR, on April
23, and the second was delivered on May 16. The third aircraft is
receiving final upgrades at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. It will
be delivered to Little Rock in July.
The first two low-rate initial production C-130 AMP aircraft
were inducted at Warner Robins in August 2010. These aircraft will
be completed in late 2011 and early 2012 and then will join the
three other aircraft in the IOT&E program at Little Rock Air
Force Base.
"The Little Rock 'schoolhouse' for C-130 AMP is now training
flight crews," said Lt. Col. Kevin Tebbutt, Chief of Operations and
Training, 189th Operations Group. "Our crewmembers are currently in
the academic and simulator phase of training. The initial cadre of
AMP instructors is flying the AMP aircraft we have on the ramp to
prepare for the students that will start their flight line training
in June."
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