Though the P-3 Orion is slowly but surely being replaced by the Boeing P-8 Poseidon for ASW work, the transition is far from complete. The older Orion — unlike other famous Cold War-era Navy warplanes ...

What emerged was Lockheed’s P-3 Orion, a patrol airplane derived from the company’s initially troubled L-188 Electra airliner. A P-3C from the VP-8 Tigers surveils a Soviet Victor III-class submarine ...

Lockheed Martin expects the 450 P-3 Orion aircraft, which are in service with 18 operators in 16 countries, to provide significant modification, upgrade and maintenance opportunities over the next 20 ...

The U.S. has provided the P-3 Orion and the P-8 Poseidon aircraft—both designed for anti-submarine warfare—to its allies and ...

The P-3 Orion Airborne Early Warning (AEW) aircraft operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) was one of the aircraft on display at the Joint Base Andrews Air & Space Expo 2019 that was ...

WELLINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - The New Zealand Defence Force on Tuesday said it would retire five P-3K2 Orion aircraft five months earlier than planned because of staff shortages, leaving it with few ...

P-3 DELIVERED: L-3 Communications' Integrated Systems subsidiary has delivered an upgraded P-3 Orion aircraft to New Zealand's air force two months ahead of schedule, the company said Aug. 24. L-3 is ...

HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) – A NASA aircraft will be flying over Hampton Roads during a 12-day period in July as part of an atmospheric campaign in the mid-Atlantic region. According to NASA’s Wallops Flight ...

How Lockheed’s P-3 kept the Cold War from turning hot. Robert Bernier A P-3C Orion assigned to VP-46 commands the ramp at Washington’s Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, in 2017. U.S. Navy/ Petty ...

WELLINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - New Zealand Defence Force on Tuesday said it would retire its five P-3K2 Orion aircraft five months earlier than planned due to staff shortages, leaving it short of ...