L-3 Communications said Tuesday its SPAR Aerospace Limited subsidiary signed a $41.3 million contract for the maintenance and upgrade of five C-130 Hercules transport aircraft for the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF).
L-3 SPAR will replace the existing set of outer wings with wings refurbished by the company, conduct an S-4 inspection, and perform any additional maintenance work required. The first two aircraft are scheduled to arrive at L-3 SPAR's Edmonton, Canada facilities in late June, 2006 with the final aircraft being inducted in January, 2007.
"We are pleased with the Norwegian Government's decision to award L-3 SPAR this important C-130 re-wing and maintenance program," said Patrice M. Pelletier, president of L-3 SPAR. "L-3 SPAR has developed pioneering wing solutions for the C-130, based on more than four decades of experience working on that platform, and this contract award is a recognition of our innovation and expertise in this area."
The program will allow L-3 SPAR to develop its newly launched collaboration with LHK (Air Depot Kjeller) and SAS Technical Services AB (STS), two Norwegian organizations.
"We selected L-3 SPAR for this program because of their extensive expertise in C-130 structural life extension, their competitive pricing and their performance capability," said Major Asbjorn Bjellanes, Norwegian Defence Logistics Organization (NDLO) C-130 program manager. "We look forward to working with them as partners on this program."
The Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) is acting as the contracting authority for this program on behalf of the NDLO. CCC is a Crown corporation that specializes in international procurement markets for Canadian exporters and provides services to help them win export sales.