Rolls-Royce to Provide Engine Support for Kuwait’s C-130 Transport Aircraft

The Pentagon has awarded a contract to provide original equipment manufacturer engineering and logistics support for the KC-130J aircraft engines for the Marine Corps and Kuwait's military.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The Rolls-Royce Corporation has received a close to $80 million US Navy contract to provide engineering support for KC-130J Hercules military air transport aircraft engines supplied to Kuwait, the Department of Defense announced.

"Rolls-Royce Corporation [of] Indianapolis, Indiana is being awarded a $78.6 million… contract to provide original equipment manufacturer engineering and logistics support for the KC-130J aircraft engines for the Marine Corps and… Kuwait," the announcement stated on Tuesday.

The contract was awarded under the Foreign Military Sales program and is expected to be completed in May 2022, the Defense Department added.