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■泰戈爾
原文:
The Navy is seeking to purchase P-8A Poseidon aircraft once again, after pausing procurement in fiscal 2025 and FY26, this year’s budget request shows.
The FY27 budget request, requests 12 new P-8A aircraft for just over $4.2 billion. The Navy said that FY27 is the last planned year of production, and that the last aircraft delivery is expected in the first quarter of FY32.
The Increment 3, Block 2 updates include modifications to the airframe and avionics systems, and the aircraft is outfitted with new airframe racks, radome, antennas, sensors, and wiring, according to NAVAIR.
Additionally, the Navy said that the update includes a new combat systems suite, a wideband satellite communication system, an anti-submarine warfare signals intelligence capability, among other new features.
The Navy shipped the first P-8A aircraft to Boeing to undergo these upgrades at the defense firm’s maintenance, repair, and overhaul hangar at Cecil Airport in Jacksonville, Fla., and updates to the initial aircraft wrapped up.
中譯:
今年的預算需求顯示,在暫停了2025與2026財政年度的採購後,美國海軍正尋求再次採購P-8A 「海神」飛機。
發布的2027財年預算需求中,要求以略高於42億美元的預算採購12架新型P-8A。海軍表示,2027財年是計畫生產的最後一年,最後一架飛機預計將在2032財年的第1季交付。
司令部說明,「第3增量第2批次」的升級包括對機身和航電系統的修改,飛機配備了新的機身機架、雷達罩、天線、感測器及線路。
此外,海軍指出此次升級還包含了一套新的戰鬥系統套件、寬頻衛星通訊系統、反潛作戰訊號情報能力,以及其他多項新功能。
海軍已將首架P-8A移交給波音公司,在該國防公司位於佛羅里達州傑克遜維爾市塞西爾機場的維修、修理與大修機棚進行升級,且首架飛機的升級工作業已完成。
- 關鍵軍語 -
※procurement:採購
※avionics systems:航空電子系統/航電系統
※anti-submarine warfare:反潛作戰