Asserting that its spy plane P3C Orions was in frontline contention for the Navy's International tenders for eight Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft, US Aviation major Lockheed-Martin today said it was offering India an upgraded aircraft with new wings and tail.
"We are in hot contention with our new P3C Orions which have completely been refurbished with new wing-spans and tails to serve almost a life time of 20 years," Richard G Kirkland, Vice-President Maritime Surveillance Enterprises of the Lockheed-Martin, told newsmen here.
"We are offering the Navy, the choice of sensors and equipment to be placed onboard and the configuration it wants either for long-range maritime reconnaissance or anti- submarine mode", he said.
The earlier US Government offer of leasing four P3C Orion spy planes had not gone through due to prohibitive support-costs, the Lockheed-Martin official said adding the company was sure it would be "extremely competitive" in the Navy's Request for Proposals (RFP) already floated.
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