Paris 2011: Marshall Bids To Fill UK Maritime Patrol Gap
Marshall Aerospace (Hall 2b

Marshall Aerospace (Hall 2b E158) is bidding to fill the UK’s maritime surveillance gap by modifying some of the Royal Air Force’s Lockheed Martin C-130Js.

Last year, a cost-cutting defense review scrapped a fleet of nine soon-to-enter-service BAE Systems Nimrod MRA.4 aircraft. Observers have since questioned official assurances that AgustaWestland Merlin helicopters and unmodified C-130Js could adequately substitute in long-range antisubmarine, anti-ship and search-and-rescue roles for the UK.