Coast Guard accepts second HC-130J outfitted with Minotaur from baseline configuration

CGNR 2010, an HC-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft outfitted with the Minotaur Mission System Suite, departs Waco, Texas, for Elizabeth City, North Carolina, following its acceptance by the Coast Guard April 6, 2018. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

The Coast Guard accepted another HC-130J outfitted with the Minotaur Mission System Suite from the baseline C-130J configuration April 6, 2018. The work was completed at the L3 Technologies Inc. Integrated Systems Platform Integration Division in Waco, Texas, today.

Minotaur is government-owned and -operated mission system architecture that integrates imagery and data from multiple aircraft sensor streams, allowing operators to track targets and transmit information to other platforms and units. The mission system is also used by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The aircraft, CGNR 2010, entered the Minotaur integration process in Waco in March 2017. CGNR 2010 now joins seven other HC-130Js in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The location and missionization status of all Coast Guard HC-130Js is now as follows:

The next HC-130J to complete missionization is planned for delivery this summer.

For more information: HC-130J program page and Minotaur program page