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SAI's programs share one principle: take an aircraft operators already depend on, and give it the range, payload, systems, and service life of something far newer.

Flagship · Airlift Modernization

C-130M

A complete modernization of the C-130 built around the Modern Technology Cockpit (MTC) — a digital glass flight deck with six active-matrix displays that eliminates the flight engineer and navigator positions. New-generation engines (AE2100 or PW-150A class), an optional 5- or 12-foot fuselage stretch, wing-tip and center-wing "glove" fuel tanks, an enhanced cargo-handling system, and dual-mode in-flight refueling round out an aircraft that performs like a far newer one — while preserving everything that made the Hercules the standard for tactical airlift.

  • MTC6-display glass deck
  • +12 ftFuselage stretch
  • Re-engineAE2100 / PW-150A
  • AARBoom or drogue
C-130M modernized aircraft in flight
Short-Field Performance

STOL Herk

A short take-off and landing configuration of the C-130, combining aerodynamic high-lift work with propulsion upgrades to operate from shorter, rougher fields at high weights — opening up austere and assault-runway operations the standard aircraft can't reach.

  • STOLShort-field ops
  • High-liftAero modification
  • AssaultAustere runways
  • Flight-testedCompany aircraft
SAI STOL Herk on a test flight, photographed air-to-air from a chase aircraft
Avionics · Flight Deck

Glass Cockpit

A clean-sheet flight deck that retires legacy analog instruments in favor of modern multifunction displays. SAI's cockpit program reduces crew workload, enables a smaller flight crew, and brings the aircraft into compliance with current navigation, communication, and surveillance requirements.

  • MFDModern displays
  • −WorkloadCrew efficiency
  • CompliantNav / comm / surv
  • CertifiedFAA approved
A modern C-130 glass cockpit with multifunction displays after SAI modernizationAfter · Modern glass flight deck
Clean-Sheet · New Cargo Aircraft

SA-200 Series

Beyond modernization, SAI's engineering extends to original aircraft. The SA-200 Series is a rugged, STOL-capable cargo family in two variants: the SA-210TA, a multi-purpose military intra-theater tactical airlifter, and the SA-204C, a commercial short-haul regional and feeder freighter. Both load standard pallets straight in through an aft cargo ramp and operate from short, rough fields — sized so pallets transfer directly from larger cargo aircraft for feeder delivery.

  • SA-210TAMilitary airlifter
  • SA-204CCommercial feeder
  • STOLShort / rough field
  • Aft rampStraight-in pallets
Concept · Details on request
Industry Leadership

We didn't follow the industry — we led it.

SAI's engineering put firsts on the C-130 that the rest of the industry followed — the kind of innovation a focused team delivers and the primes take years to match.

Full Glass Cockpit8-Blade NP-2000 PropsNon-Drag Wing Tip TanksCarbon BrakesSTOL Package

That engineering reach has spanned far more than the Hercules — including jet-trainer modernization, airliner conversion, and regional-aircraft upgrade programs.

Flight Test Footage

Proof in the air, not on paper.

SAI's modifications are flown and documented on the company's own demonstration aircraft. See the STOL Herk and functional wing tip tank programs in the air.

STOL Herk · Functional Tip Tank Report
STOL Herk · 1A Program Report
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