With four 3,750-hp engines—soon to be uprated to 4,050 apiece—the C-130 was one of the most overpowered aircraft in the military inventory. It could literally fly on one engine.

C-130 engine repairs will continue at Rolls-Royce’s facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, through June 30. The Air Force Lifecycle Management Center at Robins AF Base in Georgia is the contracting ...

An engine upgrade that could reduce fuel burn by 8% on hundreds of Lockheed Martin C-130Hs will soon enter flight test, Rolls-Royce says. The engine maker has completed development of the series 3 ...

Its T56-A-15LFE turboprop engine should theoretically be flight-capable with a bit of prep time, once you re-attach them of course. In short, it might just be the cleanest pre-Lockheed Martin C ...

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Rolls-Royce has received a $96.3 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force to extend by five months the company’s engine repair and sustainment support for the C-130 military ...

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Air Force has funded flight tests of upgraded Rolls-Royce T56 engines on a Lockheed Martin C-130H aimed at increasing reliability and service life as well as cutting fuel ...

Europrop International 's TP400-D6 engine - the principle cause of delays to the Airbus Military A400M transport project - has at last undergone its first ground run with a Marshall Aerospace ...

But don't think even for a second that this was the most powerful bomb ever dropped by the C-130 or any of its relatives. There were still heavier bombs to be dropped. Weighing in at an Earth ...

The U.S. military made history Thursday when a C-130 aircraft landed on Highway 287 in Wyoming. The landing north of Rawlins, west of Laramie, was part of a joint training exercise.