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ORLANDO, Fla., April 29, 2026 — Lockheed Martin will provide training devices and services for the E-130J Phoenix II as part of Northrop Grumman’s industry team supporting the U.S. Navy’s Take Charge And Move Out (TACAMO) mission.
The Phoenix II variant is based on Lockheed Martin’s C-130J-30 Super Hercules airframe and is intended to serve as a resilient airborne communications platform, maintaining connectivity between U.S. decision-makers and the strategic weapons triad if ground-based links are compromised.
“As the original equipment manufacturer of the C-130J, Lockheed Martin is uniquely qualified to partner with Northrop Grumman to meet the U.S. Navy’s E-130J training requirements,” said Todd Morar, vice president of Air and Commercial Solutions at Lockheed Martin. “Our expertise in the aircraft’s design and performance allows us to recreate real-world avionics and communications environments, ensuring highly realistic and effective training.”
Lockheed Martin describes itself as the key provider of training systems for specially designed C-130 aircraft and plans to leverage commonality between the C-130J and the E-130J to speed development of high-fidelity simulations aligned with mission needs and ongoing aircraft modernization.
By supplying E-130J training devices and services, the company expects Navy personnel to gain proficiency in the aircraft’s advanced mission systems, very low frequency communications, and integrated command-and-control capabilities ahead of the fleet’s operational entry.
