Video: End of Conference Thoughts

Ray Burick and Mark Jarvis reflect on the 2010 P-3 IOSC.

Day 3 Photos

Last night, conference attendees enjoyed the IOSC dinner with keynote speaker, Major General Michael C. Kostelnik (Ret.), Assistant Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Air and Marine. General Kostelnik discussed CBP's decision to re-wing 14 of their P-3s to keep them operating for 20-25 more years. He said CBP leadership examined their mission and determined that the P-3 was the best airframe to accomplish the mission, as long as the aircraft are safe and the systems are relevant.

Conference attendees also toured the Lockheed Martin P-3 wing line and the CBP P-3 on Wednesday.

P-3 Aircraft Tour at Lockheed Martin

Today, conference attendees and Lockheed Martin employees had the opportunity to tour the Customs and Border Protection P-3 that was recently re-winged, as well as a U.S. Navy aircraft.

Ray Burick (middle, left), Lockheed Martin’s vice president of P-3 Programs, talks with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol crew members and Gen. Michael Kostelnik (front, right), assistant commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Air and Marine.

Lockheed Martin employees tour the CBP aircraft.

Video: Mark Jarvis

Mark Jarvis from Lockheed Martin talks about the value of Mid-Life Upgrades for P-3 customers. He presented about MLUs yesterday.

Video: Ray Burick

We talked to Ray Burick yesterday about working with P-3 operators to support their fleet. He also spoke to the group yesterday morning.

Ray Burick: Enabling Operational Effectiveness for Decades to Come

Ray Burick, vice president of P-3 programs for Lockheed Martin, has the first full presentation of the morning. His presentation is titled Enabling Operational Effectiveness for Decades to Come, which is also the theme of the conference.



Ray encourages attendees to interact with each other to acheive the IOSC mission: share collective successes and resolve challenges.



This year, Ray says he challenged Lockheed Martin presenters to give more detail about what the company does to enable operators to fly their aircraft.




The P-3 Orion has a broad operator community. More than 430 aircraft are still in service, with 21 operators in 17 nations. Each operator has different demands, depending on fleet size, so Lockheed Martin works to tailor offerings to operator requirements.



Lockheed Martin looks at three areas of support to sustain, refresh and support.



Ray's example of a customer that focuses on all three elements is U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Sustainment includes organizations, intermediate, embedded support and depot maintainence.



The program has invested in researching the benefits of adding winglets to the P-3. There will be more detail of research investments in later presentations.