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Production rampcompletedOctober 15, 2026

Lockheed Martin delivers first C-130J-30 for the Navy's future E-130J TACAMO fleet

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Lockheed Martin delivered a domestically produced C-130J-30 Super Hercules from its Marietta, Georgia facility to the U.S. Navy for conversion into the E-130J Phoenix II, the service's next-generation airborne nuclear command-and-control platform.

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  1. Lockheed Martinnews.lockheedmartin.com · 2026-10-16

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FIXX Energy reports five million U.S.-made LFP battery cells produced

FIXX Energy reported that its Smyrna, Tennessee, facility has produced more than five million lithium iron phosphate prismatic battery cells since converting to LFP production in April 2025. The company equates the cumulative output to roughly 5 GWh of energy-storage capacity and says the cells are deployed in U.S. battery-storage projects.

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ES Foundry reports surpassing 1 GW of U.S.-made solar-cell shipments

ES Foundry said its Greenwood, South Carolina, operation has shipped more than 1 GW of domestically manufactured crystalline-silicon solar cells. The company reports that the operating facility has 3 GW of annual manufacturing capacity, marking a commercial-production milestone for the domestic solar supply chain.

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Ahlstrom completes Kingston filtration-media production expansion

Ahlstrom completed a Line 3 equipment and process-control upgrade at its Kingston, New York, manufacturing facility, increasing capacity and flexibility for depth-filtration media used in pharmaceutical, food-and-beverage, and industrial applications.

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