Rolls-Royce has signed a long-term agreement with Lockheed Martin worth up to US$1 billion to deliver approximately 600 engines to power...
Rolls-Royce has signed a long-term agreement with Lockheed Martin worth up to US$1 billion to deliver approximately 600 engines to power future C-130J Super Hercules aircrafts delivered from 2014 to 2018. The agreement secures the Rolls-Royce AE 2100 turboprop as the engine of choice for all variants of the C-130J to 2025.
The AE 2100 powers all C-130Js, while the Rolls-Royce T56 engines power the legacy C-130 fleet. The global C-130J fleet has surpassed 1 million flight hours, and Lockheed Martin recently announced its intent to obtain certification from the Federal Aviation Administration for a new civil variant – the LM-100J.
The AE 2100 turboprop is a two shaft gas turbine with a 14-stage high pressure (HP) compressor driven by a two-stage HP turbine. The engine is coupled to a six-bladed Dowty propeller on the Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules military transport. Rolls-Royce has already delivered more than 1,500 AE 2100 engines to Lockheed Martin's Marietta facility. AE 2100 engines are manufactured, assembled and tested in Indianapolis, US.
