DefenseNews, An ongoing defense procurement review here has German Navy officials worried that their Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) solution could be lost to budget cuts.
The Navy is pursuing procurement of 10 P-3C Orion aircraft from the Netherlands, which next year is ending its MPA mission due to a major defense restructuring.
At the same time, officials with the Amsterdam-based European Aeronautic Defence and Space (EADS) Co. N.V. are lobbying hard to do a second life-extending upgrade of Germany's existing Br
