it reached initial operating capability in december of 2013 last year with the u.s. navy. this thing has synthetic aperture radar, signal intelligence, a web cam with thermal imaging radar. and yet it still has problems with trying to find debris in the water. it also doesn t have an in flight refueling capability. it gets that in 2015. the p-3 orion, has no inflight refueling capability. they re having to make the long trek out there to get minimal hours on water and go back again. the whole area, the whole search is really testing the limitations of what is supposed to be some of the best technology in the world. it takes twice as long to get out there and search, four hours to get out, two hours of searching and have to fly back four hours. it only has four hours on