Is the Navy Planning on procuring replacements for P3-Cs?

[wali87]

Does the Navy have any plans of buying replacements for the two P-3Cs lost to terrorism?

Considering Pakistan's sea limits have almost doubled, Pakistan Navy's surveillance aircrafts fleet is dwindling. It must act fast and fill up the gap. P3s going to be obsolete soon and Indians are moving ahead with the purchase of P8I. What platform do you think our navy should go for in the near future?

 

[Imran Khan]

Still its have some time like 5 years

 

[SipahSalar]

I think they were replaced within 2 months.

 

[Imran Khan]

I think they were replaced within 2 months.

Nope they were old order orions

 

[Ankit Kumar 001]

Total how many are presently in service?

 

[Ray_of_Hope]

The 2 destroyed orions had been replaced by 2 new ones a couple years ago

 

[21 Dec 2012]

2 new ones

New? Last one was built in 1990.

 

[Rashid Mahmood]

There is no such plan.
P3Cs are not obsolete and will service for the next decade and more.
No replacement aircraft is being considered at this stage.
However, some platforms are being looked into, but this is only at the study stage.

 

[Saquib]

Pak Navy should go JF-17 way by working with the Chinese choose air frame and upgrade as funds allow!

 

[Ray_of_Hope]

New? Last one was built in 1990.

By new i meant newly added to pak navy

 

[21 Dec 2012]

By new i meant newly added to pak navy

So where did you buy it from?

 

[Ray_of_Hope]

So where did you buy it from?

From the original supplier

 

[Roybot]

Does the Navy have any plans of buying replacements for the two P-3Cs lost to terrorism?

Considering Pakistan's sea limits have almost doubled, Pakistan Navy's surveillance aircrafts fleet is dwindling. It must act fast and fill up the gap. P3s going to be obsolete soon and Indians are moving ahead with the purchase of P8I. What platform do you think our navy should go for in the near future?

Already replaced, courtesy, America.

US to replace two P3C Orion aircraft - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

The balance has to be maintained

 

[ares]

There was initial buzz in the media..that P-3c will be replaced..but it never happened.

This was 2011... Pakistan and US had some serious ideological differences on good terrorist and bad terrorist(especially pakistan support haqqani network).

These two P-3c which were destroyed were part of 7 second hand P-3C..which were upgraded and donated by Americans to Pakistan in 2005.

In total Pakistan has 7 P-3c remaining in service.
3 delivered in 1980s(one crashed).
7 delivered after 2005( 2 destroyed)