Portuguese P3 Upgrades
- Thread starter Casatora
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Portugal bought some P3 Orions from Netherlands recently too. From what I know the Portuguese Orions (originally P-3Bs) had been upgraded to the P-3P level (with some P-3C-II features). However I don't know if the new Orions (5 in number) which were bought from the Netherlands were upgraded or not.
. I have found some information about the acquisition of the Dutch P3, but not much regrading the upgrades.- Thread Starter Thread Starter
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For any interested I have finally found an article relating to the planned upgrades of the Portuguese Orions. They are looking to extend service life for 25 years through both airframe work as well as a systems upgrade.
From a quick look at what they want to do with systems, and airframe the project could be said to be an amalgamation of the RNZAF Project Kestral (airframe) and the RAAF AP3 avionics/mission system upgrades.
Cas
From a quick look at what they want to do with systems, and airframe the project could be said to be an amalgamation of the RNZAF Project Kestral (airframe) and the RAAF AP3 avionics/mission system upgrades.
Cas