Tata-Lockheed Martin JV delivers 200th C-130J Super Hercules empennage

Tata Lockheed Martin Aerostructures Limited (TLMAL), a defence-oriented joint venture between Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) and Lockheed Martin, has achieved a significant milestone with the delivery of its 200th C-130J Super Hercules empennage, a Lockheed Martin media release stated on Thursday. An empennage is the tail structure located at the rear of an aircraft.

TLMAL has the distinction of being the global single source of empennage assemblies installed on all new C-130J Super Hercules aircraft produced in Marietta, Georgia, in the United States.