The first P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft for US customs and border protection is introduced by Northrop Grumman.

N??t???? G??mm?n C??????ti?n ?nn??nc?? it ??c?ntl? in??ct?? t?? ?i?st U.S. C?st?ms ?n? B????? P??t?cti?n (CBP) P-3 O?i?n ?i?c???t ??? ????t l?v?l m?int?n?nc? ?t its Ai?c???t M?int?n?nc? ?n? F???ic?ti?n C?nt?? in L?k? C???l?s. N??t???? G??mm?n w?s ?w????? ? c?nt??ct in J?n? ??? ?i?c???t m?int?n?nc? ?n? l??istics s??vic?s ??? t?? P-3 ?l??t. In ???iti?n t? ????t l?v?l m?int?n?nc?, t?? c?m??n? will s?????t ??il? ?????ti?ns ?? t?? 14 ?i?c???t ?l??t ?????tin? ??im??il? ??t ?? J?cks?nvill?, Fl??i??, ?n? C????s C??isti, T?x?s, ?s w?ll ?s ??m?stic ?n? int??n?ti?n?l ???l??m?nt l?c?ti?ns. All 14 ?i?c???t in t?? ?l??t will ?n????? ????t in??cti?ns ?v?? t?? c???s? ?? t?? c?nt??ct.

“N??t???? G??mm?n’s ?x???tis? in ?i?c???t m?int?n?nc?, l??istics ?n? s?st?inm?nt ??v? k??t ?i?c???t ?l??ts missi?n ????? ??? ??c???s,” s?i? Mic??ll? Sc????ll?, s?ct?? vic? ???si??nt ?n? ??n???l m?n????, ?l???l s?st?inm?nt ?n? m????niz?ti?n, N??t???? G??mm?n. “W? s?????t ?????ti?ns ?? ?i?c???t ????n? t?? w??l? ?n? ??v? ??liv???? ????t m?int?n?nc? ???m ??? Ai?c???t M?int?n?nc? ?n? F???ic?ti?n C?nt?? in L?k? C???l?s ??? ?v?? 20 ????s.”

N??t???? G??mm?n’s ???wіп? Ai?c???t M?int?n?nc? ?n? F???ic?ti?n C?nt?? is ??m? t? 700 ?????ssi?n?ls w?? ??v? ??????m?? ?v?? 15 milli?n ????s ?? ?i??ct m?int?n?nc? w??k ?n n?m????s ?i?c???t incl??in? t?? P-3 O?i?n, E-8C, E2-C H?wk???, C-2A G??????n?, ?n? t?? Unit?? Kin???m R???l Ai? F??c?’s E-3D.

T?? L?ck???? P-3 O?i?n is ? ????-?n?in? t???????? ?nti-s??m??in? ?n? m??itim? s??v?ill?nc? ?i?c???t ??v?l???? ??? t?? Unit?? St?t?s N?v? ?n? int????c?? in t?? 1960s. L?ck???? ??s?? it ?n t?? L-188 El?ct?? c?mm??ci?l ?i?lin??. V??si?ns ??v? ???n ??v?l???? ??? t?? N?ti?n?l Oc??nic ?n? Atm?s????ic A?minist??ti?n (NOAA) ??? ??s???c? ?n? ????ic?n? ??ntin?/????ic?n? w?ll ??stin?, ??? t?? U.S. C?st?ms S??vic? (n?w U.S. C?st?ms ?n? B????? P??t?cti?n) ??? ???? int???icti?n ?n? ???i?l s??v?ill?nc? missi?n wit? ? ??t???m? ????t?? ???m t?? G??mm?n E-2 H?wk??? ?? ?n AN/APG-66 ????? ????t?? ???m t?? G?n???l D?n?mics F-16 Fi??tin? F?lc?n, ?n? ??? NASA ??? ??s???c? ?n? ??v?l??m?nt.

N??t???? G??mm?n In??cts Fi?st US C?st?ms ?n? B????? P??t?cti?n P-3 O?i?n M??itim? P?t??l Ai?c???t
U.S. C?st?ms ?n? B????? P??t?cti?n P-3 O?i?n ?i?c???t ???iv?s ?t N??t???? G??mm?n’s Ai?c???t M?int?n?nc? ?n? F???ic?ti?n C?nt?? in L?k? C???l?s, L??isi?n?, ??? ????t l?v?l m?int?n?nc?.