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Korea Republic of : ELBIT SYSTEMS secures US$62 MILLION CONTRACT for KOREAN AIR FORCE C-130 TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT
Publish Date : 26-Jun-2012
Elbit Systems has secured a contract valued at US$62 million in order to upgrade the Korean Air Force C-130 transport aircraft.
The C-130 aircraft is planned to be installed with advanced electronic systems replacing part of the existing, mechanical-analog cockpit instrumentation, as per the four year contract.
Electronic, digital multifunction displays will be used by the modernized system in a “Glass-Cockpit†style, using Elbit Systems’ cutting-edge digital flight displays and integrated computers.
The Israeli company in cooperation with Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) will deliver the project over four years.
Improved range, speed and increased payload capabilities with higher reliability will be offered by the new ‘Super Hercules’ tactical transport planes.
