|
Lockheed Martin delivered the first US Navy's Update II.5 P-3C aircraft modified under the Anti-Surface Warfare Improvement Program, or AIP, in June. Update II.5 aircraft are older P-3C models that, in many cases, have seen less operational use than subsequent production aircraft. To date, Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors has upgraded sixty-six P-3C aircraft with AIP upgrade kits. The US Navy plans to upgrade a total of seventy-three P-3C aircraft. The AIP update program, which first concentrated on the Update III model P-3C aircraft, is now focusing on earlier aircraft. Extending the upgrades to the Update II.5 aircraft further improves the aircraft's surveillance role in military and humanitarian missions.
|
