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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.
External ordinance load up to 6,220 kg (13,713 lb). AGM Harpoon long-range anti-shipping missiles. History: In 1970 the Model P-3C appeared with new technology weapon systems, and a digital computer to ease the workload for the ten man crew, five of whom were housed in the tactical compartment.
24 Δεκ 2020 · The P-3C Orion land-based maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft is operational in the airforces of ten countries. More than 700 P-3 aircraft have been built by Lockheed Martin.
The German P-3C program: Where did things go wrong? By Marco P.J. Borst. Germany’s first Orion taking off from RNLNAS Valkenburg in May 2006. photo: Jaap Dubbeldam.
Abstract. The P-3 service life extension program (SLEP) served to extend the P-3 s capabilities. The P-3 fulfilled a wide breadth of mission sets, ranging from overland ground troops support to littoral surveillance to hunting submarines.
The NASA P-3 Orion aircraft (BuNo 152735) is a former U.S. Navy patrol aircraft that has been extensively modified by NASA for use as an airborne science laboratory. It is owned by NASA and operated by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Wallops Flight Facility Aircraft Office at Wallops Island, Virginia.
Today, the P-3 still stalks submarines in a much-changed world, but the Orion also has a new job: flying overland in Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa stalking terrorists, insurgents and pirates. “The Orion has an important place in our history,” said author and naval analyst Norman Polmar.
