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Boeing Nears Completion of C-130 AMP Flight Testing

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Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

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Boeing [BA] has completed the first test flight of the Air Force's third C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) aircraft . The aircraft accomplished both functional check flight and acceptance check flight tests in January, the company said yesterday. "The joint effort between Boeing and our Air Force customer continues to enable the C-130 program to reach critical milestones ahead of schedule and under cost," said Mark Angelo, Boeing C-130 AMP program manager. The C-130 AMP flight test program is now…

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