P-3 Orion, armed - note Sidewinder (click to view full) The P-3 Orion remains the USA's main maritime patrol aircraft, and is also finding use in overland surveillance roles despite the fleet's age. Earlier DID articles have noted the extra effort required to preserve...
Americas Raytheon won a $23.2 million deal for the procurement of five APY-10 radar system weapon repairable assemblies (WRAs), for a total quantity of 43 WRAs in support of the P-8A aircraft. The delivery order does not include an option period. All work will be...
P-3 Orion, armed - note Sidewinder (click to view full) The P-3 Orion remains the USA's main maritime patrol aircraft, and is also finding use in overland surveillance roles despite the fleet's age. Earlier DID articles have noted the extra effort required to preserve...
P-3 Orion, armed - note Sidewinder (click to view full) The P-3 Orion remains the USA's main maritime patrol aircraft, and is also finding use in overland surveillance roles despite the fleet's age. Earlier DID articles have noted the extra effort required to preserve...
Norwegian EEZ In February 2007, the Government of Norway announced a contract with Lockheed Martin to build new production service life extension kits for 6 Royal Norwegian Air Force P-3C/N Orion long-range maritime patrol aircraft, and offer engineering and other...
Pakistani P-3(click to view full) Pakistan's location on the Indian Ocean next to the Persian Gulf, and its rivalry with India, ensure that its maritime patrol and strike capabilities will need to operate across a wide expanse of ocean. Maritime patrol aircraft are...
Pakistani P-3C(click to view full) Lockheed Martin Corp. Maritime Systems and Sensors in St. Paul, MN received a not-to-exceed $20.9 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract for the procurement of Phased Depot Maintenance and Special...
CP-140 Aurora(click to view full) There are over 500 maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft around the world, some 85% of which are P-3 Orions. In service with 15 countries (including India's recent adoption), they have accumulated over 14 million flying hours...
Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors in Mannassas, VA received a $101.3 million firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for acoustic system upgrades to the P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft and associated engineering services. The contract includes 69 USQ-78B P-3C acoustic system upgrade kits, 53 USQ-78B acoustic system retro-fit kits, 7 T-78 acoustic system trainers, 68 CPU-54 cards, and 17 plasma programmable entry panels – including 1 for the Government of Norway. Work will be performed in Manassas, VA (57%); Anaheim, CA (24%); Hamstead, MD (15%) and Tazewell, VA (4%) and is expected to be completed in September 2011. This contract combines purchases for the U. S. Navy (99.97%; $101.26 million) and the Government of Norway (.03%; $34,172) under the Foreign Military Sales program. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, MD issued the contract (N00019-05-D-0018).
L-3 Communications Integrated Systems, Greenville, TX is being awarded a not-to-exceed value of $16.3M firm-fixed-price, time and materials contract to conduct Enhanced Special Structural Inspections (ESSIs) and Center Wing Replacement on P-3 patrol aircraft. High fatigue areas were discovered during P-3 Service Life Assessment Program fatigue testing, and the ESSIs are needed to determine exactly what needs to be replaced. Work will be performed in Greenville, TX, and is expected to be completed in December 2007. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, MD issued the contract (# N00019-05-C-0038).