The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) will receive its first submarine-hunting Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft, named "Pride of Moray," today.
英國皇家空軍(RAF)今天將收到其首架獵潛艇波音P-8A海神飛機，命名為“Moray的驕傲”。
"The new submarine-hunting Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft arrived in the UK today at Kinloss (39 Engineer Regiment) in Scotland. The P-8A Poseidon Pride of Moray is the first of 9 aircraft that the RAF will introduce to patrol the waters around the UK," the Air Force said in a statement on Tuesday.
週二，空軍在一份聲明中表示：“新的潛水艇”海神“海上巡邏機今天抵達英國蘇格蘭的金洛斯(39工程師團)。P-8A”海神驕傲“是英國皇家空軍將推出的9架飛機中的第一架，用於在英國周圍水域巡邏。”
"ZP801 Pride of Moray has landed – welcome to the UK! Congratulations to RAF on your first P-8A aircraft," Boeing posted on its official Twitter account.
波音公司在其官方推特賬戶上發帖稱：“ZP801”Moray的驕傲“已經降落-歡迎來到英國！祝賀英國皇家空軍研製出你的第一架P-8A飛機。”
The aircraft is the first of a new £3 billion programme, including the purchase of 9 Poseidon jets.
這架飛機是30億英鎊新計劃中的第一架，包括購買9架“波塞冬”噴氣式飛機。
All nine UK Poseidons will be delivered to the RAF by the end of 2021 and achieve full operational capability from RAF Lossiemouth in 2024.
所有九艘英國海神將於2021年底交付英國皇家空軍，並於2024年從皇家空軍洛西茅斯完成全部作戰能力。
The aircraft will be flown initially by 120 Squadron, the leading anti-submarine warfare squadron in World War 2, with 201 Squadron joining the programme in due course.
該飛機最初將由第二次世界大戰中領先的反潛中隊“120”中隊飛行，“201”中隊將適時加入該計劃。
The Poseidon will temporarily operate from Kinloss until October 2020 while £75 million of planned runway and taxiway resurfacing works is completed at Lossiemouth by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation.
“波塞冬”號將從金洛斯臨時運營至2020年10月，國防基礎設施組織將在洛西茅斯完成7500萬英鎊的計劃跑道和滑行道重新鋪設工程。
The aircraft will protect the UK’s continuous at-sea nuclear deterrent and be central to NATO missions across the North Atlantic, co-operating closely with the US and Norwegian Poseidon fleets, RAF said.
英國皇家空軍表示，這架飛機將保護英國持續的海上核威懾力量，併成為北約在北大西洋執行任務的中心，與美國和挪威的海神艦隊密切合作。
The Poseidon is designed to carry out extended surveillance missions at high and low altitudes.
波塞冬號的設計目的是在高空和低空執行擴展的監視任務。
The aircraft is equipped with sensors which use high-resolution area mapping to find both submarines and surface vessels.
這架飛機配備了傳感器，這些傳感器使用高分辨率的區域地圖來發現潛艇和水面艦艇。
Each aircraft carries sonobuoys which are dropped from the aircraft into the sea to search for enemy submarines, surveying the battlespace under the sea and relaying data back to the aircraft.
每架飛機都攜帶著聲納浮標，這些聲納浮標從飛機上投放到海中，以搜索敵人的潛艇，測量水下的戰鬥空間，並將數據傳遞迴飛機。
Poseidon will also be armed with Harpoon anti-surface ship missiles and Mk 54 torpedoes capable of attacking both surface and sub-surface targets.
波塞冬還將裝備魚叉反水面艦載導彈和MK54魚雷，能夠同時攻擊水面和水下目標。
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