Boeing Received Seven Contracts Of P-8A Poseidon Aircraft By US Navy

Boeing on Nov. 3 received a $1.7 billion low-rate initial production (LRIP) award from the U.S. Navy for seven additional P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft. LRIP-II is the follow-on to an initial LRIP-I contract awarded in January to provide six Poseidon aircraft. Overall, the Navy plans to purchase 117 Boeing 737-based P-8A anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare,

Indian Neptune makes maiden flight

 

The first Boeing P-8I Neptune maritime multimission aircraft for the Indian Navy (IN) made its maiden flight from the company's Renton facility near Seattle on 28 September.

Boeing said the two-and-a-half-hour flight saw its test pilots undertake airborne systems checks including engine accelerations and decelerations and autopilot flight modes. During the sortie the aircraft - serial

Egyptian Air Force becomes new Airbus Military C295 operator

 

This aircraft is part of a three aircraft order placed by the EAF in October 2010. The other two aircraft are to be delivered during the last quarter of 2011.

The C295 was selected for its versatility and adaptability, especially in desert areas, its ease of maintenance and low life cycle cost, as well as its operational capabilities.

FIRST P-3 ORION IN BRAZIL AIR FORCE FLEET

The delivery of the aircraft allows the Brazilian Air Force to start operations with the most modern aircraft of the type in South America.

The aircraft is the first of a fleet of nine which are undergoing a complete systems modernisation programme, including the installation of Airbus Military’s Fully

INDIAN MARINETIME P-8

 

The first of at least eight Boeing P-8I maritime surveillance aircraft being built for India made its initial flight Sept. 28, performing a series of systems checks to validate the airframe. 

India is the first P-8 international customer to have one of its planes take to the air. The aircraft