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The Lockheed P-3 Orion, a turboprop ASW aircraft, has been in service with the United States Navy (USN) since 1962. [4] In the 1980s, the USN began studies for a P-3 replacement, the range and endurance of which were reduced due to increasing weight and airframe fatigue life limitations.
The Lockheed P-3 Orion is a four-engined, turboprop anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft developed for the United States Navy and introduced in the 1960s. Lockheed based it on the L-188 Electra commercial airliner; it is easily distinguished from the Electra by its distinctive tail stinger or "MAD" boom, used for the magnetic anomaly detection (MAD) of submarines.
The Lockheed WP-3D Orion is a production line variant of the P-3 Orion used by the Aircraft Operations Center division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at Lakeland Linder International Airport, [13] [14] Florida. Only two of these craft exist, each incorporating numerous features for the role of collecting weather ...
P-8A Poseidon. P-3C Orion MQ-4C Triton. The VP designation is one of the oldest in the U. S. Navy and is the oldest designation currently in use. It first appeared in 1922 to designate "Seaplane Patrol Squadron" and from 1924 it has designated "Patrol Squadron". [4] In 1982 the VPU Patrol Squadron Special Unit designation was created. [4]
In July 2018, New Zealand selected the P-8 Poseidon instead. Japanese officials have claimed that the P-1 is a more capable, albeit more expensive, aircraft than the Boeing P-8 Poseidon. In comparison to the P-8, the P-1 has a greater range, a larger bomb bay, and is purpose-built for the maritime patrol mission. [17]
Dec. 3—After the P-8A is back on land, divers with the state Department of Land and Natural resources will be able to document any damage. Thirteen days after a Navy P-8A Poseidon slid off the ...
November 2017: VP-9 begin the transition to P-8A Poseidon after its final P-3C Orion deployment. [4] 1 April 2019: VP-9 Deploys to NAS Sigonella for operations in the 6th Fleet AOR. This deployment marks VP-9's maiden P-8 deployment following platform transition from the P-3C.
The CP-140 Aurora is very similar externally to the Lockheed P-3C Orion (Canadian ESM wingtip pods instead of the American ESM wing pod), but is different internally, using two sets of mission systems that were first installed in yet another Lockheed anti-submarine warfare aircraft, the carrier-based S-3A Viking.