Navy ESG Aerosystems & MHD-ROCKLAND Keep P-3 Legacy Alive

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ESG Aerosystems has been awarded a US Navy Contract valued at US$64.5M, with MHD-ROCKLAND acting as the sole-source aircraft subcontractor, under which ESG Aerosystems is mandated to develop a curriculum, and facilitate training, for P-3 aircrew positions.

This is to support Naval Education and Training Security Assistance Field Activity’s (NETSAFA) applicable field units and other programme offices and stakeholders. The achievement is 100 per cent funded by Federal Republic of Germany under the Foreign Military Sales Programme to secure the operational readiness of the German Navy’s P-3C Aircrew.

Positions include:

• co-pilots
• patrol plane commanders
• instructor pilots
• flight engineers
• instructor flight engineers
• flight currency training

The training is set to start in December 2020 and takes place at the ESG Aerosystems training facility within the MHD-ROCKLAND Flight Ops Facilities located at Keystone Heights Airport Fla. Home to five MHD- ROCKLAND P-3 aircraft, the facility is well-equipped to host students and provide hands-on mission ready training. The duration of the training programme varies with the type of aircrew position and will include both simulator and live flight training.

The new P-3 aircrew training programme spearheaded by ESG Aerosystems and MHD-ROCKLAND fills in the gap left by the closure of VP-30. The global P-3 ORION network is extremely resilient and will continue flying their aircraft well into the 2030s.