RAF P-8A Poseidon and Typhoon overflys Vasily Bykov over the North Sea. RAF picture Germany Seemingly Selects P-8A Poseidon over ATL2 as ‘Interim’ Replacement for P-3C MPA According to official documents, Parliamentary State Secretary Thomas Silberhorn, the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) would have selected the Boeing P-8A Poseidon as an interim solution to the replacement of the soon to be retired P-3C Maritime Patrol Aircraft of the German Navy. 03 May 2021 Questions remain on whether this P-8A procurement plan, which has yet to be approved by the budget commission and supported by the parliament, will truly be a "temporary stop-gap" solution… or a full fledged alternative to the MAWS program.