Collins Aerospace, a unit of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX), has secured a potential $708 million contract to manufacture and engineer eight-blade propeller systems for the U.S. Air Force’s ...

The 139th Airlift Wing has gained a new set of wings after receiving its first H3 variant of the C-130 Hercules aircraft.

According to Greek Mythology, Hercules was a demigod with incredible strength and stamina, capable of amazing feats and renowned throughout ancient Greece and Rome. While we'd never suggest that the C ...

Raytheon Technologies' (NYSE:RTX) Collins Aerospace business received a contract from U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center for continuing to produce new, advanced propellers for C-130 aircraft.

MRO provider Pacific Propeller International (PPI) will replace the propeller barrels on the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) fleet of legacy Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules tactical transports. The Washington ...

More than 100 of the Air Force's C-130 Hercules have stopped flying after the service discovered a crack in a part that holds the propeller and ordered the aircraft to be grounded last week, officials ...

Cracks have been discovered in older propeller barrel assemblies of some Air Force C-130H Hercules aircraft. This led to a grounding of some C-130H aircraft for inspections, potentially affecting up ...

Snow Aviation has completed initial flight tests of Hamilton Sundstrand’s eight-blade NP2000 propeller on a company-owned Lockheed Martin C-130E. The NP2000 is being offered to replace the four-blade ...

Dubbed the "Iron Horse," this military plane has been produced for over 70 years, and the United States Air Force has no plans to retire it.

The Air Force has returned two C-130H cargo planes to flight status after part of the Hercules fleet was grounded last month amid concerns about cracks in their propeller barrel assemblies, a service ...

The Pentagon and NATO have awarded Collins Aerospace contracts for Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules medium transport/multi-role propeller and propeller system upgrades. The NATO Support and Procurement ...

Seventy years since its first flight on Aug. 23, 1954, the C-130 Hercules has remained one of the most durable and versatile military aircraft in history. It has traversed every continent and been ...