Poseidon takes bullet(s) for navy pilots.

AuthorWilliams, Robert H.
PositionTECH TALK: A TIP-SHEET ON THE LATEST GADGETS - Brief article

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* Live-fire testing by The Boeing Company of St. Louis, Mo., is bringing the Navy a step closer to its goal of purchasing 108 new P-SA aircraft to replace its fleet of P-3C anti-submarine surveillance aircraft.

The new aircraft are expected to enter service in 2013,

The live-fire tests focused on dry bays that are located next to fuel tanks and spaces that house electrical and hydraulic lines, environmental control systems or engine bleed-air lines. The intent is to automatically detect and suppress dry bay fires.

"The data we've gathered from this early live-fire testing already has been incorporated into our system design and confirms we're moving in the...

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