Navy Recognition has a short update on the status of the C-130J in the Long Range Search fleet. For more info on the program, check here.
Chuck Hill's CG Blog
Navy Recognition has a short update on the status of the C-130J in the Long Range Search fleet. For more info on the program, check here.
Chuck Hill's CG Blog 
Lockheed announces receipt of a multi-year contract for delivery of C-130Js to the Air Force and Marine Corps that also includes an option for five C-130Js for the Coast Guard. http://lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-releases/2015/december/C130MultiYear.html
Apparently the option has been exercised for the first of five. This also gives the status of the J model purchases and modifications, including the MSS+ program. http://www.uscg.mil/acquisition/newsroom/updates/C130J010816.asp
The Seventh J-model being readied for delivery next month. http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007/2800973/
Sounds like the Air Force may have some excess parts we might use. http://www.defensenews.com/story/military/2016/04/02/air-force-squandered-millions-dollars-excess-c-130j-parts-ig-says/82526048/
Status of the C-130J program and missionization. http://www.uscg.mil/acquisition/newsroom/updates/HC130J051216.asp
Seventh missionized aircraft delivered. Aircraft 11, 12, and 13 on order for delivery in baseline configuration in 2017.
“The Coast Guard accepted delivery of its eighth missionized HC-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft at Lockheed Martin’s Greenville, South Carolina, plant Dec. 12.
“Missionization is the process of installing Coast Guard-specific integrated radar, sensor and communications systems. The aircraft CGNR 2008 is missionized with the legacy system currently installed on six HC-130Js operating out of Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina. It is the last HC-130J to receive the legacy mission system before the Coast Guard upgrades the fleet with the Minotaur mission system processor.
“The aircraft is the third HC-130J to enter the Minotaur mission system production program. The Coast Guard began flight testing of the Minotaur prototype aircraft in June 2016. The Minotaur prototype aircraft operates out of Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, and was also originally outfitted with the legacy system. Four additional aircraft are currently in production or under contract, with delivery of baseline configuration aircraft scheduled to begin later this month.”
https://www.uscg.mil/acquisition/newsroom/updates/HC130J_121916.asp
From CG-9. https://www.uscg.mil/acquisition/newsroom/updates/HC130J_122716.asp
The Coast Guard on Dec. 16 awarded an option worth approximately $14.6 million to L-3 Communications Integrated Systems Platform Integration Division in Waco, Texas, for Minotaur missionization of what will be the 11th HC-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft in its fleet.
The 11th HC-130J is currently in production and is scheduled for delivery in its baseline configuration in early 2018. Following this delivery, the aircraft will undergo installation of Minotaur mission system software and integrated radar, sensor and communications systems specific to the Coast Guard’s needs. This missionization is planned to take about a year.
The Coast Guard has eight HC-130Js missionized with its legacy system. Six of these aircraft are operating out of Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina. One has been retrofitted with the Minotaur mission system to become the Minotaur prototype and is based at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, for continued testing. Another entered the Minotaur integration process Dec. 13, 2016.
The first Super Hercules to enter the Minotaur integration process in its baseline configuration was CGNR 2009. Its missionization began in April 2016. This aircraft will be used to validate changes made to the Minotaur prototype.
The 10th aircraft is currently in production and is scheduled for delivery in its baseline configuration in early 2017, after which it will undergo Minotaur missionization. The 12th and 13th aircraft are under contract and are scheduled for delivery in their baseline configuration in 2019.
C-130J #10 delivered. https://www.uscg.mil/acquisition/newsroom/updates/HC130J_030317.asp
Still needs to be missionized.
CG procures five C-130J engines. What I found interesting is that Kodiak will be getting “J” models. https://www.uscg.mil/acquisition/newsroom/updates/LRS_PhotoUpdate031717.asp
HC-130J Minotaur Prototype Delivered To Fleet
June 21, 2017 http://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/HC130J_062117/
14th J model ordered. Press release quoted below.
http://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/HC130J_091517/
More info on the program from CG-9. http://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/HC130J_112917/
Status of the Minotaur program. http://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/HC130J_011218/
Coast Guard Exercises HC-130J Minotaur Installation Options
Jan. 12, 2018
The Coast Guard exercised two contract options, worth a combined total of approximately $29.3 million, to L3 Technologies Integrated Systems Platform Integration Division in Waco, Texas, on Dec. 22, 2017, for installation of the Minotaur mission system suite on two C-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft.
Minotaur is used on multiple platforms across the departments of Defense and Homeland Security. Installation of the system, or missionization, involves modifying the aircraft to incorporate the radar; sensors; and remaining command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance equipment that allows aircrews to gather and process surveillance information for transmission to shore and surface operators.
These two contract options will cover missionization of CGNRs 2012 and 2013, which are currently in baseline production at Lockheed Martin’s Marietta, Georgia, facility. Minotaur installation is complete on three HC-130Js: CGNR 2003, the HC-130J Minotaur prototype; CGNR 2008, the first to receive a mission system retrofit at Waco; and CGNR 2009, the first to undergo Minotaur installation from the baseline C-130J configuration. These three aircraft are among the seven HC-130Js operating out of Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina; the other four aircraft are operating with the legacy mission system.
Four additional aircraft are undergoing missionization at Waco: two are receiving retrofits, and two entered the process from their baseline configuration.
Appears the Air National Guard is modernizing some of their C-130H aircraft with the engines and propellers from the J model. https://www.dvidshub.net/news/262274/upgraded-c-130-arrives-testing
Forth missionized C-130J accepted. Also status of the program in general. http://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/HC130J_020718/
Another Minotaur equipped J model delivered. All currently at Elizabeth City. Hopefully we will see some on the Pacific side soon. https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/HC130J_041018/
Coast Guard Releases Request for Information on HC-130J Missionization, Upgrades https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/Latest-Acquisition-News/Article/1624310/coast-guard-releases-request-for-information-on-hc-130j-missionization-upgrades/
Ninth Minotaur equipped C-130J accepted. Current J model fleet at 15 aircraft. https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/Latest-Acquisition-News/Article/1784569/coast-guard-accepts-missionized-hc-130j-aircraft/
CG-9 reports the CG has accepted its 13th J model C-130. You will have to go here to see the photo and to use the links, but I have reproduced the text. https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/Latest-Acquisition-News/Article/1827350/coast-guard-accepts-13th-c-130j-aircraft/
The Coast Guard’s 13th C-130J takes off from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Marietta, Georgia, on April 10, 2019. CGNR 2013 will perform warranty and test flights at Elizabeth City, North Carolina until April 30, 2019. CGNR 2013 will later be outfitted with Minotaur software as well as Coast Guard-specific integrated radar, sensors and communication systems in a process called missionization. Photo by Thinh D. Nguyen, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics.
The Coast Guard accepted its 13th C-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft April 10, 2019, from the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics’ Marietta, Georgia, facility.
The aircraft was delivered to the Coast Guard in its baseline configuration and flown to Elizabeth City, North Carolina. It will be inducted into the Minotaur mission system suite modification program at L3 Technologies’ Integrated Systems Platform Integration Division in Waco, Texas, April 30. In this program, CGNR 2013 will be outfitted with Minotaur software as well as Coast Guard-specific integrated radar, sensors and communication systems in a process called missionization, after which the aircraft will be redesignated as an HC-130J.
The Coast Guard currently has 16 HC-130J aircraft in either operational use or active production. In addition to continued Minotaur missionization efforts on new aircraft, the Coast Guard has plans to do a block upgrade for all its HC-130J aircraft.
The service’s fleet of HC-130Js is the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) largest airlift asset, providing critical support to DHS partners as well as logistical support during routine Coast Guard operations.
For more information: HC-130J program page and Minotaur program page
The Coast Guard has accepted the tenth missionized HC-130J. Statement from CG-9 below.
https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/Latest-Acquisition-News/Article/1894628/coast-guard-accepts-10th-missionized-hc-130j-aircraft/
The Coast Guard on June 25 accepted its 10th HC-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft outfitted with the Minotaur Mission System Suite. Integration was completed at L3 Technologies Inc. Integrated Systems Platform Integration Division in Waco, Texas.
CGNR 2002 – previously configured with the legacy system – was outfitted with Minotaur software as well as Coast Guard-specific integrated radar, sensors and communication systems in a process called missionization.
The Coast Guard currently has 16 HC-130J aircraft in operational use or in active production. In addition to continuing Minotaur missionization efforts on new aircraft, the service plans to complete a future block upgrade for all its HC-130J aircraft.
Coast Guard HC-130Js are the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) largest airlift asset, providing critical support to DHS partners in addition to carrying out many Coast Guard missions, including search and rescue, drug and migrant interdiction, cargo and personnel transport, and maritime stewardship. The aircraft is capable of serving as an on-scene command and control platform or as a surveillance platform with the means to detect, classify and identify objects then share that information with operational forces.
https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/Latest-Acquisition-News/Article/1930343/coast-guard-transfers-fifth-hc-130j-to-air-station-kodiak/ 5th and final J model with Minotaur arrives in Kodiak. Quoted below
“CGNR 2002, an HC-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft outfitted with the Minotaur Mission System Suite, arrived at Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, July 30, 2019. It is the fifth and final HC-130J with Minotaur to be stationed there. The HC-130J features more advanced engines and propellers than the HC-130H model, and the Minotaur Mission System Suite provides increased capabilities for use of the sensors, radar and intelligence-gathering equipment installed on the aircraft.”
Last legacy HC-130J gets Minotaur. https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/Latest-Acquisition-News/Article/1961691/final-hc-130j-with-legacy-mission-system-completes-minotaur-missionization/
“The Coast Guard’s Long Range Surveillance (LRS) Aircraft Program reached a major milestone Sept. 13, 2019, when CGNR 2001 completed the Minotaur Mission System Suite (MSS+) modification program at L3 Technologies Inc. Integrated Aerospace Systems in Waco, Texas. With this delivery, the Coast Guard completed the final HC-130J aircraft retrofit MSS+ installation, so all LRS aircraft in the fleet now use the Minotaur system.
“Mission system architecture incorporates sensors; radar; and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance equipment, and enables aircrews to gather and process surveillance information.
“The Coast Guard currently has 16 HC-130J aircraft in operational use or in active production. In addition to continuing Minotaur missionization efforts on new aircraft, the service plans to complete a future block upgrade for all its HC-130J aircraft.
“Coast Guard HC-130Js carry out many Coast Guard missions, including search and rescue, drug and migrant interdiction, cargo and personnel transport, and maritime stewardship. The aircraft is capable of serving as an on-scene command and control platform or as a surveillance platform with the means to detect, classify and identify objects, then share that information with operational forces. As the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) largest airlift asset, it also provides critical support to DHS partners.”
Seapower magazine reports that world wide, C-130Js have exceeded two million flight hours. I suspect the Coast Guard has done more than its share. https://seapowermagazine.org/global-c-130j-fleet-surpasses-2-million-flight-hours/
Following from the Acquisitions Directorate (CG-9) https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/Latest-Acquisition-News/Article/2060508/air-force-order-includes-one-c-130j-for-coast-guard/
Based on funds that will be transferred from the Coast Guard, the Air Force awarded a contract for production of one C-130J Super Hercules to Lockheed Martin Corp. Dec. 27, 2019. The 17th C-130J in the Coast Guard’s fleet is expected to be delivered in 2024.The Coast Guard order was part of a larger $3 billion multiyear Air Force contract action that included options for six Coast Guard C-130J aircraft. All contract work will be completed at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics’ Marietta, Georgia, facility.
The Air Force is the government’s executive agent for all C-130 procurements. The Coast Guard will award separate post production contracts to configure the aircraft to meet its mission requirements, called missionization and redesignation to an HC-130J.
The Coast Guard currently operates 11 HC-130Js as part of its long range surveillance aircraft fleet. Two C-130Js are undergoing missionization with delivery expected in February and July 2020. Three additional C-130Js are under construction, with delivery in 2020 and 2023. Upon delivery to the Coast Guard, missionization of these aircraft will take an additional year.
The Super Hercules carries out many Coast Guard missions, including search and rescue, drug and migrant interdiction, cargo and personnel transport, and maritime stewardship. The aircraft is capable of serving as an on-scene command and control platform or as a surveillance platform with the means to detect, classify and identify objects and share that information with operational forces.
For more information: HC-130J Long Range Surveillance Aircraft program page
Lockheed delivers upgraded C-130J, https://seapowermagazine.org/lockheed-delivers-first-block-8-1-upgrade-hc-130j-to-coast-guard/
Coast Guard gets their 12th fully missionized C-130J https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/Latest-Acquisition-News/Article/2103428/coast-guard-accepts-missionized-hc-130j-aircraft/
CG accepts 14th C-130J. https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/Latest-Acquisition-News/Article/2178811/coast-guard-accepts-14th-c-130j-aircraft/
Coast Guard accepts 14th C-130J aircraft
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May 6, 2020 —
The Coast Guard accepts its 14th C-130J from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Marietta, Georgia, on April 27, 2020. CGNR 2014 will next be outfitted with Minotaur software as well as Coast Guard-specific integrated radar, sensors and communication systems in a process called missionization. Photo by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics.
The Coast Guard accepted its 14th C-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics’ Marietta, Georgia, facility April 27, 2020.
The aircraft was delivered in its baseline configuration and will be used for component certification testing before it is inducted into the Minotaur mission system suite modification program at L3Harris ISR Systems in Waco, Texas, May 15. The program will outfit CGNR 2014 with Minotaur software and Coast Guard-specific integrated radar, sensors and communication systems in a process called missionization, after which the aircraft will be redesignated as an HC-130J. A Block 8.1 upgrade adding advanced capabilities including enhanced inter-communication systems, enhanced approach and landing systems, expanded diagnostics, civil GPS and additional covert lighting will also be completed.
The Coast Guard currently has 17 HC-130J aircraft in either operational use or active production. In addition to continued Minotaur missionization efforts on new aircraft, the service has plans to complete the block upgrade on all its HC-130J aircraft.
The service’s fleet of HC-130Js is the Department of Homeland Security’s largest airlift asset and carries out many Coast Guard missions, including search and rescue, drug and migrant interdiction, cargo and personnel transport, and maritime stewardship. The aircraft is capable of serving as an on-scene command and control platform or as a surveillance platform with the means to detect, classify and identify objects and share that information with operational forces.
For more information: HC-130J program page and Minotaur program page
From CG-9 https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/Latest-Acquisition-News/Article/2298570/coast-guard-accepts-missionized-hc-130j-aircraft/
The Coast Guard accepted its 13th mission-ready HC-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft July 31 from L3Harris Technologies in Waco, Texas.
The aircraft, CGNR 2013, was delivered to the Coast Guard in its baseline configuration in 2019. CGNR 2013 was then outfitted with Minotaur mission system software as well as Coast Guard-specific integrated radar, sensors and communication systems in a process called missionization, and redesignated an HC-130J.
The Coast Guard currently has 17 HC-130J aircraft in either operational use or active production. In addition to continued Minotaur missionization efforts on new aircraft, the service is implementing a Block 8.1 upgrade. CGNR 2013 will be stationed at Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
The Coast Guard’s fleet of HC-130Js is the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) largest airlift asset, providing critical support to DHS partners as well as carrying out many Coast Guard missions, including search and rescue, drug and migrant interdiction, cargo and personnel transport, and maritime stewardship. The aircraft is capable of serving as an on-scene command and control platform or as a surveillance platform with the means to detect, classify and identify objects and share that information with operational forces.
order for the 17th C-130J. Still years out from being ready for operation, 2024. https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/01/us-coast-guard-expands-fleet-of-hc-130j-aircraft/
From CG-9, https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/Latest-Acquisition-News/Article/2426713/coast-guard-accepts-15th-c-130j-aircraft/
Coast Guard accepts 15th C-130J aircraft
Nov. 25, 2020 —
CGNR 2015 was delivered to the Coast Guard by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Marietta, Georgia, Nov. 18, 2020. Photo by Lockheed Martin.
The Coast Guard accepted its 15th C-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft, CGNR 2015, Nov. 18 from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Marietta, Georgia.
The aircraft was delivered to the Coast Guard in its baseline configuration and then flown to Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Nov. 19. It will be inducted into the Minotaur mission system suite modification program at L3Harris ISR Systems in Waco, Texas, in mid-January 2021. The program will outfit CGNR 2015 with Minotaur software and Coast Guard-specific integrated radar, sensors and communication systems in a process called missionization, after which the aircraft will be redesignated as an HC-130J. A Block 8.1 upgrade adding advanced capabilities including enhanced inter-communication systems, enhanced approach and landing systems, expanded diagnostics, civil GPS and additional covert lighting will also be completed.
The Coast Guard currently has 17 HC-130J aircraft in either operational use or active production. In addition to continued Minotaur missionization efforts on new aircraft, the service has plans to complete the block upgrade on all its HC-130J aircraft.
The service’s fleet of HC-130Js is the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) largest airlift asset, carrying out many Coast Guard missions, including search and rescue, drug and migrant interdiction, cargo and personnel transport and maritime stewardship while providing critical support to DHS partners. The aircraft also can serve as a command and control or surveillance platform capable of identifying and classifying objects and sharing that information with operational forces.
For more information: HC-130J program page and Minotaur program page
News Release: Air Force order includes one C-130J for Coast Guard
April 9, 2021 —
Using funds transferred from the Coast Guard, the U.S. Air Force awarded a $73 million contract to Lockheed Martin Corp. on April 8 for the production of one C-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft, the 18th of the Coast Guard’s planned acquisition of 22 C-130Js. The plane is contracted for delivery in 2025. All work will be completed at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics’ Marietta, Georgia, facility.
The Air Force is the government’s executive agent for all C-130 procurements. The Coast Guard order was part of a larger $3 billion multiyear contract action by the Air Force that included options for six Coast Guard C-130J aircraft.
The Coast Guard will award separate post production contracts to configure the aircraft to meet its mission requirements, referred to as missionization, which will result in the aircraft’s redesignation as an HC-130J.
The Coast Guard currently operates 13 HC-130Js as part of its long range surveillance aircraft fleet. Two C-130Js are undergoing missionization with deliveries expected in September 2021 and June 2022. Two additional C-130Js are under construction, with delivery in 2023 and 2024. Upon delivery to the Coast Guard, missionization of these aircraft will take an additional year.
The Super Hercules carries out many Coast Guard missions, including search and rescue, drug and migrant interdiction, cargo and personnel transport, and maritime stewardship. The aircraft is capable of serving as an on-scene command and control platform or as a surveillance platform with the means to detect, classify and identify objects and share that information with operational forces.
For more information: HC-130J Long Range Surveillance Aircraft program page
This from CG-9, https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/Latest-Acquisition-News/Article/2826433/coast-guard-accepts-missionized-hc-130j-aircraft/
Coast Guard accepts missionized HC-130J aircraft
Oct. 29, 2021 —
CGNR 2014 takes off for an acceptance check flight in Waco, Texas, before its acceptance Oct. 27, 2021.
The Coast Guard accepted its 14th mission-ready HC-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft Oct. 27 from L3Harris Technologies in Waco, Texas. The aircraft, CGNR 2014, will be stationed at Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii.
CGNR 2014 was delivered to the Coast Guard in its baseline configuration in 2020. It was then outfitted with Minotaur mission system software as well as Coast Guard-specific integrated radar, sensors and communication systems in a process called missionization, and redesignated an HC-130J.
The Coast Guard currently has 18 HC-130J aircraft in either operational use or active production. In addition to continued Minotaur missionization efforts on new aircraft, the service is implementing a Block 8.1 upgrade. CGNR 2014 is the first aircraft to have the missionization work and Block 8.1 upgrade completed concurrently.
The Coast Guard’s fleet of HC-130Js is the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) largest airlift asset, providing critical support to DHS partners as well as carrying out many Coast Guard missions, including search and rescue, drug and migrant interdiction, cargo and personnel transport, and maritime stewardship. The aircraft is capable of serving as an on-scene command and control platform or as a surveillance platform with the means to detect, classify and identify objects and share that information with operational forces.
For more information: HC-130J Long Range Surveillance Aircraft Program page and Minotaur Mission System page
From the Acquisitions Directorate (CG-9) https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/Latest-Acquisition-News/Article/2964133/coast-guard-releases-request-for-proposal-for-c-130j-missionization/
Coast Guard releases request for proposal for C-130J missionization
March 11, 2022 —
Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, is one of two air stations that has already transitioned to the HC-130J and a third, Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii, is in process. The Coast Guard plans to outfit two additional air stations with missionized HC-130Js. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
The Coast Guard released a request for proposal (RFP) March 4 for the missionization of up to six C-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft. The RFP is available here.
Proposals are due by 4 p.m. (EDT) April 4, 2022.
The Coast Guard plans to award a firm fixed price contract for production, installation and delivery of the Minotaur mission system along with a Block 8.1 upgrade on one C-130J aircraft, the 17th in the fleet. The contract will also include options for block upgrade and missionization of aircraft 18 and missionization of aircraft 19-22, which will already have the Block 8.1 upgrade installed.
Minotaur incorporates sensors; radar; and command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance equipment necessary to carry out Coast Guard missions and offers significant increases in processing speed and memory capacity.
The Block 8.1 upgrade adds new and advanced capabilities, including enhanced inter-communication system, enhanced approach and landing systems, expanded diagnostics, civil GPS and additional covert lighting.
The HC-130J carries out many Coast Guard missions, including search and rescue, drug and migrant interdiction, cargo and personnel transport and maritime stewardship. The aircraft is capable of serving as an on-scene command and control platform or as a surveillance platform with the means to detect, classify and identify objects and share that information with operational forces.
For more information: HC-130J Long Range Surveillance Aircraft Program page.
Coast Guard accepts 15th missionized HC-130J into fleet.
Note program is for 22 HC-130Js
From CG-9 https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/Latest-Acquisition-News/Article/3078932/coast-guard-accepts-15th-missionized-hc-130j-into-fleet/
June 29, 2022 —
The Coast Guard accepted the delivery of its 15th HC-130J long range surveillance aircraft, CGNR 2015, June 23, following completion of Minotaur mission system integration and Block Upgrade 8.1 installation at L3Harris in Waco, Texas.
The aircraft will be stationed at the Aviation Logistics Center in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, for performance testing of the next-generation Mobile User Objective System airborne radio and will be assigned to an air station at a future date. Air stations Elizabeth City and Kodiak, Alaska, have fully transitioned to the HC-130J. Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii, is partially transitioned.
The service’s Super Hercules aircraft carry out many Coast Guard missions, including search and rescue, drug and migrant interdiction, cargo and personnel transport, and maritime stewardship, as well as providing critical support to Department of Homeland Security partners. The aircraft also can serve as a command and control or surveillance platform capable of identifying and classifying objects and sharing that information with operational forces.
For more information: HC-130J Program page https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Programs/Air-Programs/LRS-HC-130J/
From the Acquisitions Directorate, CG-9: https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/Latest-Acquisition-News/Article/3221634/coast-guard-accepts-16th-c-130j-long-range-surveillance-aircraft/
Coast Guard accepts 16th C-130J long range surveillance aircraft
Nov. 17, 2022 —
16th C-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft
CGNR 2016 makes a stop at L3Harris following acceptance by the Coast Guard Nov. 10, 2022. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
The Coast Guard accepted its 16th C-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Marietta, Georgia, Nov. 10, more than 60 days ahead of its contract delivery schedule.
The aircraft was delivered to the Coast Guard in its baseline configuration and will operate out of the Aviation Logistics Center in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, until mid-December 2022. Then it will depart for L-3 Communications Integrated Systems LP (L3Harris) in Waco, Texas, where it will be outfitted with a Block 8.1 upgrade, Minotaur Mission System Suite as well as the APY-11 multimode radar. Missionization of the aircraft takes approximately one year to complete, so the new HC-130J will officially join the fleet in 2024.
The Minotaur software incorporates Coast Guard-specific integrated radar, sensors and C5ISR communication systems in a process called missionization, after which the aircraft will be redesignated as an HC-130J. The Block 8.1 upgrade enhances inter-communication systems, approach and landing systems and expanded diagnostics. Civil GPS and additional covert lighting will also be completed. In addition to continued Minotaur missionization efforts on new aircraft, the service plans to complete the block upgrade on all its HC-130J aircraft.
The service’s fleet of 15 HC-130Js is the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) largest airlift asset. Each aircraft is capable of serving as a command and control or surveillance platform from which crews can identify and classify objects while in flight, as well as share that information with operational forces. The fleet is used to execute a variety of Coast Guard missions including search and rescue, drug and migrant interdiction, cargo and personnel transport and maritime stewardship while providing critical support to DHS partners.
For more information: HC-130J Program page