Lockheed P-3 Orion
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The Lockheed P-3 Orion is a four-engined, turboprop anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft developed for the United States Navy and introduced in the 1960s. It is based on the L-188 Electra
A Kawasaki-built P-3C Orion of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
The first Orion prototype was a converted Lockheed Electra.
P-3s from Japan, Canada, Australia, Republic of Korea, and the United States at MCAS Kaneohe Bay during RIMPAC 2010
A USN P-3A of VP-49 in the original blue/white colors
Lockheed P-7
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The Lockheed P-7 was a four turboprop-engined patrol aircraft ordered by the U.S. Navy as a replacement for the P-3 Orion. The external configuration of the aircraft was to be very similar to that of
Lockheed P-3 Orion
…horizontal stabilizers with newly built parts. In the 1990s, the U.S. Navy attempted to procure a successor aircraft to the P-3, and selected the improved P-7 over a naval-specific variant of the twin turbofan-powered Boeing 757, but this program was subsequently cancelled. In a second program to select a…
P-7 LRAACA drawing