- Domain
- Air
- NCF capability
- Maritime surveillance
- Military Balance category
- Anti-submarine warfare / maritime patrol
- SIPRI category
- Aircraft
- Evidence that places a platform here
- maritime patrol · \bMPA\b · anti.submarine (warfare )?aircraft · P-8 · P-3 · P-1\b · maritime surveillance aircraft
The 24 nations
None, legacy only, modern, or modern and on order. Modern: in service from 1995, or the current generations of fighters, tanks, submarines and long-range air defence.
United StatesModern · 3United KingdomModern · 1AustraliaModern · 1FranceLegacy only · 2GermanyModern and on order · 2JapanNoneSouth KoreaModern · 1CanadaLegacy only · 3ItalyLegacy only · 6IndiaModern · 1TürkiyeLegacy only · 1Saudi ArabiaNoneBrazilLegacy only · 2IndonesiaModern · 5MexicoLegacy only · 2ArgentinaLegacy only · 2South AfricaNoneRussiaLegacy only · 3ChinaNoneIsraelLegacy only · 1UkraineNoneTaiwanLegacy only · 1IranNoneNorth KoreaNone
Generation timeline
Each platform from its first flight or launch to today, the 40 most operated, earliest in service first. Grey is development and, after the lead operator retires it, the years other nations keep it; colour is service.
- Development, from first flight or launch
- In service, from first deployment
- After its lead operator retires it, still held elsewhere
- Today
- Flag beside the name: the home country
Dates from Wikidata: first flights or launches for 10 of these 11, retirements for 1. A bar without grey at its start has no first flight recorded.
Platforms
Ranked by the number of the 24 nations that hold each.
| Platform | Operators | Active | On order | In service | Generation | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing P-8 Poseidon | 6 | 167 | 20 | 2013 | USA | |
| Lockheed P-3 Orion | 5 | 29 | 1962 | USA | ||
| de Havilland Canada DHC-8 | 3 | 10 | 1984 | CAN | ||
| ATR 72 | 2 | 10 | 1989 | FRA | ||
| ATR 42 | 1 | 8 | 1985 | FRA | ||
| Beriev Be-12 Chayka | 1 | 1965 | SUN | |||
| Breguet 1150 Atlantic | 1 | 19 | FRA | |||
| CP-140 Aurora | 1 | 14 | USA | |||
| Dassault Falcon 50 | 1 | 8 | 1979 | FRA | ||
| IAI 1124 Westwind | 1 | 3 | 1978 | ISR | ||
| Ilyushin Il-38 | 1 | 1969 | SUN | |||
| Tupolev Tu-142 | 1 | 1972 | SUN | |||
| Partenavia P.68 | 0 | 1972 | ITA |
Fingerprints
Each nation's equipment fingerprint with only maritime patrol in colour.
United States Boeing P-8 Poseidon P-8A 124, Lockheed P-3 Orion 4, de Havilland Canada DHC-8 4
United Kingdom Boeing P-8 Poseidon 9
Australia Boeing P-8 Poseidon 14
France Breguet 1150 Atlantic 19, Dassault Falcon 50 8
Germany Lockheed P-3 Orion 8, Boeing P-8 Poseidon 2
South Korea Boeing P-8 Poseidon 6
Canada Lockheed CP-140M 14, Boeing P-8 Poseidon CP-8A Poseidon 0, Boeing P-8A –
Italy ATR 72 P-72A 4, ATR 72 P-72AS 4, ATR-42-400MP 4
India Boeing P-8 Poseidon P-8I 12
Türkiye ATR 72 2
Brazil Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante P-95A P-95BM 8, Lockheed P-3 Orion P-3AM 3
Indonesia Boeing 737 737-2X9 Surveiller 3, CASA/IPTN CN-235 CN235-220 MPA 2, Airbus C295 CN295 Special Mission 1
Mexico Beechcraft King Air 350 5, de Havilland Canada DHC-8 2
Argentina Beechcraft 200 Super King Air BE-200 Cormorán 5, Lockheed P-3 Orion 2
Russia Beriev Be-12 Chayka –, Ilyushin Il-38 –, Tupolev Tu-142 –
Israel IAI 1124 Westwind 1124N "Shahaf" 3
Taiwan Lockheed P-3 Orion P-3C 8–16