Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Inc. has placed orders for work on the P-3 Mid-Life Upgrade Program worth approximately $2, 400, 000 with Northstar Electronics Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiary Northstar Network Ltd. The new work falls under the umbrella of a $16.4 million Master Purchase Order contract previously announced by Northstar. Production for this work is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2012.
The program replaces the aircraft outer wings, center wing lower section and horizontal stabilizer with new production components and adds 15 to 20 years of service to each aircraft. Northstar is manufacturing components and assemblies for new production Service Life Extension kits for the wing upgrade for the P-3 Orion. There are more than 430 P-3 aircraft in the worldwide fleet.
“Our relationship with Lockheed Martin continues to grow, showing the success of their upgrade program and the ever-growing interest from global P-3 users, ” said Terry McLeod, Northstar’s VP of operations and planning. “We now have 21 new aircraft commitments this year under the existing MPO and have been advised of further production increases under the current program. The strong production commitments will support our present plans for NNL’s facility expansions in the near future.”
