{"id":436222,"date":"2026-08-28T21:17:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T18:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/defensehere.com\/?p=436222"},"modified":"2026-08-28T21:17:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T18:17:02","slug":"l3harris-completes-first-aircraft-inspection-for-moroccan-c-130-modernization-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/l3harris-completes-first-aircraft-inspection-for-moroccan-c-130-modernization-program\/","title":{"rendered":"L3Harris completes first aircraft inspection for Moroccan C-130 modernization program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">U.S. defense company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.l3harris.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">L3Harris<\/a> Technologies announced it has completed inspections on the first Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF) C-130 transport aircraft as part of an ongoing fleet modernization program.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">According to a statement from the company, the aircraft is undergoing maintenance, repairs, and modification at the <a href=\"https:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/?s=L3Harris\">L3Harris<\/a> facility in Waco, Texas. The initial scope of work for this first platform includes the integration of a new standby instrument and a digital engine display upgrade.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">The company stated that the program&#8217;s execution phase will advance with the induction of a second Moroccan C-130 planned for this fall. A third aircraft is scheduled to follow later this year, which is set to receive a comprehensive avionics upgrade featuring a fully digital cockpit.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">The modifications involve program depot maintenance, engine overhauls, and logistics support designed to extend the service life of the legacy aircraft. L3Harris was originally awarded the multi-year contract in July 2025 to sustain and modernize multiple RMAF C-130 platforms, replacing aging systems with digital avionics to reduce long-term maintenance requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. defense company L3Harris Technologies announced it has completed inspections on the first Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF) C-130 transport aircraft as part of an ongoing fleet modernization program. According to a statement from the company, the aircraft is undergoing maintenance, repairs, and modification at the L3Harris facility in Waco, Texas. The initial scope of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":436229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2272,4127,58726,4509,4229,2323],"tags":[64926,62351,64925],"class_list":["post-436222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-air-en","category-all-news","category-defense-industry","category-headlines-en-tr","category-l3harris-en","category-usa-en","tag-c-130-en","tag-morocco-en-2","tag-rmaf"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/defensehere.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}