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Takeoff
S.N. Name of Aircraft Origin
Flight Weight(KG) Weight(KG)
1. P-3C Orion United States Nov 1959 35,000 64,400
EADS HC-144 Ocean
2. Spain 2009 9,800 16,502
Sentry
Soviet
4. AN-74MP Nov 1983 19,050 34,500
Union/Ukraine

26 March 13,800 kg 22,800

5. Saab 2000 MPA Sweden
1992

C-130J Super Hercules 34,274 74,393

6. United States 5 April 1996
Ii
66,000
7. Ilyushin Il-3 Russia 20 July 1971 35,500
McDonnell Douglas F-
12,700 30,845
8. 15 Eagle United States 27 July 1972

Hawker Siddeley
United Kingdom 39,009
9. Nimrod 23 May 1967 87,090

Consolidated PBY 28 March 9,485 16,066

10. United States
Catalina 1935

Focke-Wulf Fw 200 17,005 22,714

11. German 27 July 1937
Condor

Avro Shackleton 23,300 39,000

12. British 9 March 1949

Breguet Atlantic 25,700 46,200

13. France 21 Oct 1961

Lockheed P-2 Neptune 15,819 29,076

14. United States 17 May 1945
Patrol aircraft

Patrol aircraft are naval air operators, optimized for several naval tactical missions,
primarily over oceanic areas:

1. anti-submarine warfare (ASW)

2. anti-surface unit warfare (ASUW)
3. shipping interdiction,
4. search and rescue (SAR), and
5. early warning self-protection and electronic support measures (ESM)
Patrol aircraft carry and use offensive weapons such as torpedoes, depth charges, and
anti-ship missiles, and often carry sensors such as sonobuoys and magnetic anomaly
detectors.

Early Warning and Control aircraft are assigned to joint service or unified
commands, or to task forces centered on aircraft carriers. They typically operate in
strategic roles for their command, operating across a theater of operations or extensive
battlespace, with missions such as:

1. radar surveillance of the battle space, obtaining early warning of the presence,
movement and operations of enemy units
2. analysis and integration of intelligence and warning information,
3. support of the command’s defensive air operations, achieving and maintaining
air superiority and strike capability, controlling fighter and attack air
operations
4. support of maritime and ground operations of the command
Early Warning and Control aircraft are normally unarmed, relying on mobility and
supporting units for protection and strike capability.
These aircraft operate very large, very powerful and sophisticated radars (transmission
and reception, signal processing and computer support), and command and control
staffs for air and supporting operations.

What makes an aircraft well suited for maritime

patrol?

It makes a difference whether the aircraft needs to be armed,and whether you only need
to patrol for surface units, or submarines as well.

If you're only interested in monitoring surface units, then you can do it quite cheaply
with a fairly light aircraft with some modifications to add surveillance equipment: you
can cover a reasonable area with very low operating costs with something King Air-
sized.

If you need anti-submarine warfare, then a full suite of equipment is required. This
drives the airframe requirement up to something larger, with long range, a higher
payload for additional equipment, weapons and sonobuoys. The weapons and
monitoring equipment will dictate whether low level handling is a sig factor, or whether
the weapons and surveillance equipment function at a high enough altitude for this to be
less of a concern.