TIME
The Air Force last week gave LockheedAircraft Corp. a contract to turn out a turboprop cargo assaulttransport “in quantity,” the first such U.S. production contract.Powered by four Allison engines, the squat, bulbous C-130 is designedfor quick shuttling of tactical weapons in airborne assaults, has aramp for hustling trucks and howitzers aboard and a rear opening forair drops. Retooling for production of the C-130 will start shortly atLockheed’s big Marietta, Ga. plant.
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