For the eighth time, Customs and Border Protection is celebrating a new lease on life. CBP’s P-3 aircraft are important parts of the agency’s work along the southern border of the United States to stop drugs coming into the country. The eighth P-3 to go through its upgrade program is back in the air. Lothar Eckhardt, executive director of the P-3 Orion Aircraft program at Customs and Border Protection, discusses the role of the P-3 program at CBP, and how they’re managing the upgrade program.