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Dec 15, 2010

Singapur interesado en P-3 Orion ex US NAVY/ Singapore interested in ex-US Navy P-3s


Singapur ha mostrado interés en la adquisición de cuatro o cinco P-3C Orion de patrulla marítima ex US Navy modernizados por Lockheed. Singapur utiliza actualmente cinco Fokker 50 para esta tarea.
Según Lockheed, existen unos 430 P-3 en 17 países, de los cuales espera modernizar 54 unidades de Canadá, Noruega, Taiwán, Servicio de Aduanas y fronteras de Estados Unidos, la US Navy y Alemania.
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Singapore has shown an interest in possibly acquiring four or five ex-US Navy's surplus P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft.
Singapore currently operates five Fokker 50 maritime patrol aircraft.
According to Lockheed, more than 430 P-3s are in the inventories of 17 nations around the world. The company is currently expecting to upgrade 54 of these for Canada, Norway, Taiwan, the US Customs and Border Protection agency and the USN. Lockheed says Germany is probably next customer, with the nation's navy expected to extend the lives of its eight-strong fleet.
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