Lockheed Martin is close to securing an order for four C-130Js from an undisclosed Asian customer.
The company "recently" won the tender and is in negotiations with the country, says Jack Crisler, Lockheed Martin's director for business development. The deal should be concluded "in the coming months", he adds.
Lockheed Martin has a backlog of 95 C-130s, but it is still able to offer 2013 delivery slots, he adds.
Crisler says Lockheed Martin has in advertently benefited from the delays in the Airbus Military A400M programme.
"There are only two partners in the A400M programme that we are not talking to right now," he says, adding that some A40OM customers are looking at the C-130J to provide interim lift.
He adds that Lockheed Martin has held discussions with South Africa, which has cancelled its orders for the A400M.
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Source: Flight International
