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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 ...
The Lockheed P-7 was a four turboprop-engined patrol aircraft ordered by the U.S. Navy as a replacement for the P-3 Orion. The external configuration of the aircraft was to be very similar to that of the P-3. Development had not progressed very much before the program was cancelled in July 1990. [1]
After the cancellation of the EP-X Program, the U.S. Navy has planned to replace the EP-3E Aries II with the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft and the MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter. All P-3 Orion aircraft assigned to special projects squadrons (VPU) and all EP-3E Aries II aircraft are expected to fully retire by 2025. [11]
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 Kawasaki P-2J (originally P2V-Kai) is a maritime patrol and ASW aircraft developed for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.A twin turboprop-powered version of the radial-engined P-2 Neptune, the P-2J was developed as an alternative to buying the larger and more expensive P-3 Orion, which would eventually replace the P-2J in the 1980s.
The aircraft is based on the Lockheed P-3 Orion airframe, but mounts the electronics suite of the Lockheed S-3 Viking. "Aurora" refers to the Roman goddess of dawn who flies across the sky each morning ahead of the sun. [1] Aurora also refers to the Aurora Borealis, the "northern lights", that are prominent over northern Canada and the Arctic ...
Replaced all ASW aircraft by ex-Dutch P-3 Orion in 2005, the ELINT versions were planned to be replaced by the now cancelled EuroHawk UAVs. [ 52 ] As Germany decided not to overhaul their P-3C, they will have to be retired by 2025.
P-3 Orion: United States Maritime patrol P-3C 28 [3] To be replaced by the P-8 Poseidon. [4] P-8 Poseidon: United States Maritime patrol P-8A 112 [3] 18 on order [3] Tanker; KC-130 Hercules: United States Aerial refueling/transport KC-130T 10 [3] Transport; C-2 Greyhound: United States Carrier based transport C-2A 33 [3] Planned to be Replaced ...