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P-3 Orion | bgcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3" align="center" style="border-bottom:3px solid"|Lockheed P-3 Orion | olspan="3" align="center"|
P-3 Orion of the US Navy | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Description | | ole | colspan="2"|Antisubmarine warfare(ASW)/Antisurface warfare (ASuW) | | rew | colspan="2"|11 | | irst Flight | colspan="2"|1959 | | ntered Service | colspan="2"|1962 | | anufacturer | colspan="2"|Lockheed | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Dimensions | | ength | 116 ft 7 in | 35.57 m | | ingspan | 99 ft 6 in | 30.36 m | | eight | 33 ft 7 in | 10.27 m | | ing area | 1,300 ft² | 120.8 m² | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Weights | | mpty | 61,491 lb | 27,892 kg | | oaded | lb | kg | | aximum takeoff | 139,760 lb | 63,390 kg | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Powerplant | | ngines | colspan="2"|4 × Allison T-56-A-14 turboprops | | ower | 4,900 hp | 3,700 kW | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Performance | | aximum speed | 466 mph | 745 km/h | | ombat range | 2,738.9 mi | 4,408 km | | erry range | 5,562 mi | 8,950 km | | ervice ceiling | 28,300 ft | 8,600 m | | ate of climb | 3,140 ft/min | 957 m/min | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Avionics | | vionics | colspan="2"| | | gcolor="#87CEEB" colspan="3"|Armament | | ombs | 20,000 lb | 9,000 kg | | issiles | colspan="2"|AGM-84 Harpoon
AGM-84E SLAM
AGM-65 Maverick | | ockets | colspan="2"| | | ther | colspan="2"|MK-46, MK-50 torpedoes
Mines
Depth charges | The Lockheed P-3 Orion is a patrol aircraft of the United States military used primarily for anti-submarine warfare. The P-3 Orion is based on the Lockheed L-188 Electra. The first production version, designated P3V-1, first flew 15 April 1961, but by the time the first deliveries were made in 1962, the unified designation system made this the P-3. Over the years, many variants have been developed. The P-3 Orion has found special use as an earth-science suborbital research platform for NASA. Known as callsign; NASA 426, this aircraft is located at Goddard Space Flight Center's Wallops Island Flight Facility, Virginia. The P-3 is slated for replacement between 2010-2013 by the Boeing MMA, based upon their 737 civilian aircraft. Australia is considering a navalized version of the Global Hawk as a replacement. Variants
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