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Navy Remotely Tests C/KC-130T Avionics Software Fixes

Navy Remotely Tests C/KC-130T Avionics Software Fixes
The view from one of the GoPro cameras installed in the C-130T Avionics Obsolescence Upgrade Operational Flight Trainer. The cameras allowed remote observation of live software tests in Fort Worth by engineers in Maryland, New York, and North Carolina over a two-day period last month. (U.S. Navy photo)

Due to travel restrictions because of COVID-19, the Navy and Lockheed Martin [LMT] remotely tested software fixes for the latest software build of the C/KC-130T Avionics Obsolescence Upgrade (AOU) program in Fort Worth last month, the service said. The two-day testing on Apr. 7 and 8 used the Maryland-based J.F. Taylor, Inc.'s  modification of the legacy 2F-152 AOU Operational Flight Trainer (OFT) at the Air Logistics Training Center at Naval Air Station (NAS) Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas. J.F.…

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