Austria has retired the first of three Lockheed Martin C‑130K Hercules tactical airlifters as it transitions to a new tactical‑transport capability. The Luftstreitkräfte plans to introduce four Embraer C‑390 Millennium aircraft to replace the ageing C‑130Ks, modernizing its tactical airlift fleet.
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Austria has removed 1 of its 3 C-130K Hercules and intends to field four Embraer C-390 Millennium transports, a concrete fleet‑modernisation step that changes national tactical‑airlift capacity.
Embraer has actively promoted the C-390 internationally, including a specially liveried demonstrator at the Dubai Airshow, underlining the type's growing export push (see the demonstrator's Dubai Airshow debut: https://hype.aero/?story=862122cc-6417-4be5-ba56-8407925c4f94).
The programme's regional industrial footprint has been in flux — Embraer recently abandoned a Saudi final‑assembly proposal and pivoted its industrial offer to the UAE — a factor for delivery planning and regional support arrangements: https://hype.aero/?story=0fd5d063-e863-4beb-b145-abe4213f52a1.
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