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French Navy’s Upgraded Atlantique 2 MPA Achieve Full Operational Capability
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Boeing Begins Building New Zealand’s P-8A Poseidon Aircraft
This process, also called ‘keeling,’ was done at the Spirit AeroSystems facility where all Boeing 737 fuselages, nacelles and pylons are designed and built. Laying the keel is an important production milestone during the build […]
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Boeing Offers P-8 Poseidon MPA to Canada
With more than 140 aircraft in service, the P-8 has executed more than 400,000 mishap-free flight-hours around the globe. Militaries that operate or have selected the P-8 include the U.S. Navy, the United Kingdom’s Royal […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
Indian Navy’s P-8I Neptune MPA Commence Operations from INS Hansa
The Indian Navy’s Boeing P-8I Neptune Maritime Patrol Aircraft commenced operations from INS Hansa, Goa with two aircraft arriving on 30 December 2021. The aircraft were inducted after the fitment of indigenous equipment and Flight […]
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Italian Leonardo Converts Lineage 1000 Into MPA For Pakistan Navy
The Pakistan Navy on Thursday inducted its first modern maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) dubbed ‘Sea Sultans’ based on an Embraer Lineage 1000 aircraft and equipped with sensors an weapons made by Lenoardo Company. Thanks to […]
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Dassault Aviation Offers Falcon 10X As Franco-German Maritime Airborne Warfare Systems (MAWS)
Dassault Aviation confirmed the rumors that followed news of strife around the Franco-German Maritime Airborne Warfare Systems (MAWS) program. As it presented its latest financial results, the French manufacturer revealed it would offer the Marine […]
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Boeing begins building P-8A Poseidon for Norway
Production of Norway’s first P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft is underway, manufacturer Boeing announced on Monday. Norway, which Boeing said in a press release will likely receive its first P-8A by the end of the year, […]
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U.S. State Department Approves Six More P-8I Neptune MPA For India
The State Department has approved a Foreign Military Sale to the Government of India of six P-8I Patrol aircraft and related equipment for an estimated cost of $2.42 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered […]
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Amid Tensions with China, Australia to Acquire Two More P-8A Poseidon MPA
Australia will acquire an additional pair of Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, which will boost its fleet of the type to 14 examples. The government has also approved sustainment funding for the current approved fleet […]
Europe
Saab Swordfish: A Modern State-of-the-art Maritime Patrol Aircraft
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