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See http://www.defensenews.com/article/2013 ... Sea-Hercs-Lockheed Martin is in talks with the UK, Canada and a Nordic nation to sell its new maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) version of the C-130J, and is due to enter talks to sell a coast guard version of the aircraft to Algeria.
“We will invite them to enter a dialogue for common requirements,” said Jack Crisler, Lockheed Martin’s vice president of new business on C-130 programs, during a presentation at the 2013 Paris Air Show on the SC-130J “Sea Herc.”
The UK is one of the parties, and although Lockheed Martin has not named them, Canada and a Nordic nation are understood to be the other two.
Crisler said he foresaw a market of 50-60 aircraft, based on a calculation of nations that operate the P-3 Orion but had yet to order mid-life upgrades for their aircraft, as Australia and New Zealand have.
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