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 ...

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 ...

The Lockheed P-3 Orion is an antisubmarine-warfare (ASW)/maritime-patrol aircraft produced through 1997 and operated by 17 nations. Lockheed won a U.S. Navy ASW competition in 1958 and began ...

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 ...

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $141 million contract to conduct an extensive mission system upgrade to the Portuguese air force’s fleet of five P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft. Previously ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Patrol Squadron THIRTY (VP-30), the “Pro’s Nest,” is honoring the end of service, or “sundown,” of the Lockheed P-3C Orion aircraft on Friday. The ceremony will take place at ...

The Iranian air force’s museum-vintage P-3 Orion patrol planes still are airworthy, a recent flyby indicates. On Nov. 11, 2019, a Lockheed P-3F Orion belonging to the Islamic Republic of ...

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Eagan, Minnesota, is being awarded a $7 million contract modification to support the Pakistan Navy's P-3C upgrade efforts under the Foreign Military Sales program. Support ...

The Boeing Co. has won a $3.9 billion contract for a new U.S. Navy patrol plane, the Pentagon said Monday. The contract to develop and demonstrate the new plane could lead to Boeing building 109 of ...

A former senior Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) officer has been tapped as the future chief executive of Lockheed Martin in Australia and New Zealand. Retired Air Marshal Warren McDonald will ...

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 ...