The aircraft is modified to include a bomb bay and pylons for weapons. It’s the principal aircraft with the ability to detect and track submarines. The P-8 is militarized with maritime weapons, a modern open mission system architecture and commercial-like support for affordability. That only happens when teams truly collaborate, listen and focus on customer priorities.” “Our focus is on delivering the world’s best maritime patrol aircraft. “We continue to hear feedback from deployed Navy squadrons who tell us the P-8A is exceeding expectations”, said Stu Voboril, vice president and program manager for Boeing’s P-8A program. Deployed around the world, with 103 aircraft in service and more than 300,000 flight-hours, the P-8’s performance and reliability delivers confidence to customers operating in an uncertain world.
It’s vital for intelligence gathering, surveillance reconnaissance and search and rescue. The P-8A is a long-range anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare aircraft used by the U.S Navy. Navy’s Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Program Office. Eric Gardner, program manager for the U.S. “The P-8A continues to be an invaluable asset and these additional aircraft will help deliver expanded maritime patrol and reconnaissance capabilities to the fleet,” said Capt. Navy P-8A aircraft under contract to 128 and the RAAF total to 14. The contract brings the total number of U.S. Navy fleet and two will go to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), a cooperative partner in the P-8A joint program since 2009. Navy today awarded Boeing a $1.6 billion production contract for the next 11 P-8A Poseidon aircraft.
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