Marineflieger P-3C: second phase of upgrade

摘要

The award of a contract for the second phase of the upgrade programme for Germany's Marineflieger's eight P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft was announced by Lockheed Martin on November 1. The $158.5 million Mission System Refresh programme will fit the P-3Cs with the company's open-architecture Airborne Tactical Mission System and upgrade other systems. These will include the acoustic processor dubbed the Airborne Rack-mounted Commercial Portable Processor (ARCP2).