DefenceTalkThe U.S. Navy awarded a nearly $1.5 billion contract Aug. 27 to Boeing Defense, Space & Security for the procurement of 13 Full-Rate Production (FRP) Lot 2 P-8A Poseidon aircraft. Nine planes will join the U.S. fleet and four will join the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), who has been a cooperative partner in the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-orders-additional-p-8a-aircraft-first-royal-australian-air-force-planes-65216/

DefenceTalkThe Navy received the final production P-8A Poseidon aircraft of 2014 on Jan. 8 marking 21 deliveries to fleet operators in Jacksonville, Fla. “Boeing last month delivered the eighth P-8A Poseidon of 2014, completing all planned deliveries to the U.S. Navy on or ahead of schedule,” said Cmdr. Tony Rossi, P-8A Poseidon deputy program manager […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-boeing-deliver-21st-p-8a-to-fleet-operators-61859/

DefenceTalkBoeing’s P-8A Poseidon program will enter full production, following a $2.4 billion contract award from the U.S. Navy for 16 additional aircraft that will bolster maritime patrol capabilities. The order, which will take the total fleet to 53, marks a transition from preliminary low-rate production. Boeing has delivered 13 P-8As to the Navy, which deployed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/boeing-receives-2-4-billion-contract-for-16-p-8a-poseidon-aircraft-58870/

DefenceTalkThe Government has approved the acquisition of eight P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft. These state-of-the-art aircraft will dramatically boost Australia’s ability to monitor its maritime approaches and patrol over 2.5 million square kilometres of our marine jurisdiction – an area equating to nearly 4 per cent of the world’s oceans. The first aircraft will be […]https://www.defencetalk.com/australia-to-buy-8-boeing-p-8a-maritime-surveillance-aircraft-58831/

DefenceTalkThe US Navy has deployed sophisticated surveillance aircraft to Japan, officials said Monday, amid rising tension over China’s territorial claims in the region. Two P-8A Poseidon patrol jets departed Jacksonville, Florida on Friday and arrived later at Kadena air base in Okinawa, in a move that was planned before Beijing declared an air defense zone […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-deploys-new-surveillance-aircraft-to-japan-49793/

DefenceTalkThe Navy’s newest maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, the P-8A Poseidon, has achieved initial operational capability (IOC) after the first two P-8A Poseidons departed for deployment Nov. 29. This announcement comes weeks after the completion of the Operational Readiness Evaluation of the first deploying P-8A Poseidon squadron and the commander of Patrol and Reconnaissance Group […]https://www.defencetalk.com/p-8a-aircraft-program-achieves-initial-operational-capability-49787/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Navy recently awarded Boeing [NYSE: BA] a $1.98 billion contract for 13 additional P-8A Poseidon aircraft, continuing the modernization of U.S. maritime patrol capabilities that will ultimately involve more than 100 P-8As. The contract includes long-lead funding previously approved by the Navy. The Navy has now ordered 37 of the 117 P-8As it […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-boeing-sign-order-p-8a-poseidon-aircraft-48670/

DefenceTalkAfter an extensive testing period, the U.S. Navy announced July 1 in an Initial Operational Test and Evaluation report that its new patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, P-8A Poseidon, was found “operationally effective, operationally suitable, and ready for fleet introduction.” “This milestone and accomplishment is possible due to the great team of individuals who worked diligently […]https://www.defencetalk.com/p-8a-passes-initial-operational-test-and-evaluation-48320/

DefenceTalkAfter approximately six minutes of flight time, one of NAVAIR’s test aircraft successfully launched a Harpoon missile during a live fire event June 24 in California at the Navy’s Point Mugu Sea Test Range and scored a direct hit on a Low Cost Modular Target. Completing only one practice dry run, a P-8A Poseidon from […]https://www.defencetalk.com/p-8a-poseidon-fires-harpoon-hits-mark-48322/

DefenceTalkThe Navy’s newest unmanned Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft platform, the MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), completed its first flight from Palmdale, Calif. May 22, marking the start of tests which will validate the Northrop Grumman-built system for future fleet operations. During the 80-minute flight in restricted airspace, the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/navy-triton-unmanned-aircraft-system-completes-first-flight-47872/