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Canada will purchase 14 Boeing P-8A Poseidon multi-mission aircraft to replace its ageing CP-140 Aurora fleet, joining Australia, New Zealand, US and UK as an operator of the aircraft type.

The U.S. Navy says underwater footage shows two points where the plane is touching coral in Kaneohe Bay.

The Navy P-8A aircraft overshot a runway last week in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.

A Hawaii official says all nine people aboard a U.S. Navy plane that overshot a runway have escaped injury.

Procurement officials have acknowledged they never sought input from Canadian firms or examined aircraft other than the P-8.

Australia will buy another MQ-4C Triton for maritime surveillance, plus its partner the P-8A will undergo an upgrade programme.

Boeing [NYSE: BA] signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ST Engineering to outline potential areas of collaboration in systems integration, training, local parts distribution, support and sustainment work for the P-8A Poseidon. Boeing and ST Engineering have identified opportunities to collaborate in a number of areas and will explore these in more detail, including jointly developing a P-8 service center in Singapore with the provision of engineers and aircraft maintenance techn...

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Boeing and CAE have signed Teaming Agreements to expand multi-mission platform collaboration in Canada, Germany and Norway. 

Canada via the US foreign military sales program submitted a request for proposal for up to sixteen P-8A Poseidon aircraft to replace its own CP-140 Aurora fleet, Public Services and Procurement Canada said in a statement.