Defence Update

P-3C Orion Updates Underway

Worldwide tenders have been sought to upgrade key systems on the RAAF’s hard-working P-3C Orion maritime patrol and antisubmarine warfare (ASW) aircraft based at Edinburgh, SA.

A Defence/RAAF team will go overseas towards the end of the year for on-the-spot inspections and discussions on the type of new equipment required. What is being sought is a profiling radar that identifies targets by type and an improved Electronic Support Measures (ESM) system. The P-3C update program, mentioned as highly desirable in the Defence White Paper released earlier this year, is in the definition stage as RAAF and Defence experts sort out just what is needed. The tenders, expected to come from the UK, Europe and North America, close on October 28. The total requirements are still being considered by various Defence committees.

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