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Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta.
 has delivered the first three C-130J-30s to the US Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB AFB
abbr.
acid-fast bacillus


AFB Acid-fast bacillus, also 1. Aflatoxin B 2. Aorto-femoral bypass
, California, to begin testing to certify the aircraft's airdrop air·drop  
n.
A delivery, as of supplies or troops, by parachute from aircraft.

tr. & intr.v. air·dropped, air·drop·ping, air·drops
To drop or be dropped from an aircraft.

Noun 1.
 mission capability -- deploying paratroops and supplies from either the side doors or rear loading ramp from a range of altitudes (the aircraft's navigation system A GPS-based electronic system in a car or truck that provides a real time map of the vehicle's current location as well as step-by-step directions to a programmed destination. See GPS and vehicle tracking.  was designed to allow the aircrew to drop with pinpoint accuracy). The aircraft is based on the C-130J model, but features a `stretched' fuselage that is 457.2 cm longer than the standard, and the J-30 can carry 128 combat troops instead of 92, and 92 paratroops instead of the usual 64 carried by the standard C-130J. It can also handle eight 463L pallets (vice six), 97 medical litters (from 74) and 24 container delivery system bundles, eight more than the standard 16.

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