Marineflieger shopping for new MPA

Reuters reports that the naval air arm of the German Navy (Marineflieger) will look for a replacement of its P-3C.
P-3C Orion - RIAT 2014 (14556152470)


The service has decided against upgrading the aircraft in favor of buying a new platform, a confidential ministry document reviewed by Reuters showed. It has become expensive to maintain the Orion.

The alternatives being evaluated are the C295, RAS 72 and P-8A.

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