[null and void]

Yes! That would be a GREAT airframe for that mission.

[pfflier]

Much of the mission hardware and even the engines are mature systems on the Orion. Same contractor.

I see this program as an issue of proven systems integrated on a new platform.

We had EC-130s with the ABCCC modules in 1972. The only really new thing is the weapons load. The graphic showed stations under the wing and forward in the wheel sponsons.

[Zauber]

the P3 is faster, has better climb/descent rates, and almost double the endurance. I don’t see how cargo carrying ability is very significant for a long duration maritime patrol aircraft.

[Petruchio]

Daydreaming . . .

A Navy version of the AC-130U Spooky would be a real surprise to Somali pirates.