New Cargo Carrier

The Air Force last week gave Lockheed Aircraft Corp. a contract to turn out a turboprop cargo assault transport "in quantity," the first such U.S. production contract. Powered by four Allison engines, the squat, bulbous C-130 is designed for quick shuttling of tactical weapons in airborne assaults, has a ramp for hustling trucks and howitzers aboard and a rear opening for air drops. Retooling for production of the C-130 will start shortly at Lockheed's big Marietta, Ga. plant.

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