Venerable transport getting makeover.

AuthorWilliams, Robert H.
PositionTECH TALK

* The nearly 40-year-old Lockheed Martin C-5 Galaxy is receiving cutting-edge cockpit avionics systems that meet global air traffic management requirements. This is part of a larger modernization project to keep the Galaxy flying until 2040.

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The $7.7 billion contract awarded to Lockheed Martin also includes more than 70 airframe improvements and the installation of CF6-80C2 turbofan engines that will boost thrust, climb and fuel efficiency.

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