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USN P-8A multi-mission maritime patrol aircraft. (Photo: Boeing) USN will obtain 11 more P-8A aircraft and RAAF fleet will grow by two. The USN is procuring 11 additional P-8A Poseidon long-range anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare aircraft from Boeing for $1.7 billion, the manufacturer announced on 31 March. Two of these Poseidons will be supplied to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as a partner in the P-8A programme. The latest contract will bring to 114 the total number of P-8As in the USN inventory, plus 14 bought by the RAAF via the FMS programme. Other orders for the P-8A (or v...

Boeing to Produce 11 P-8A Poseidon aircraft for U.S., Australian Navies Our Bureau 390 The U.S. Navy awarded Boeing a $1.6 billion contract on March 31 for the next 11 P-8A Poseidon aircraft, 9 of which will join the U.S. Navy fleet and two will go to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The contract brings the total number of U.S. Navy P-8A aircraft under contract to 128 and the RAAF total to 14. The P-8A is a long-range anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare aircraft used by the U.S Navy. It’s vital for intelligence gathering, surveillance reconnaissance and search and rescue.

17th March 2021 - 06:31 GMT | by Gordon Arthur in Christchurch RSS The Cocos (Keeling) Islands, deep in the Indian Ocean, is a strategic concern for the Australian military. Australia issued an expression of interest (EoI) on 5 March concerning the construction of an airborne EW and ISR forward operating base on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean. Tender documentation revealed the infrastructure work is part of Project Air 555 Phase 1, the programme procuring four MC-55A ... Want to read more? To read this article, along with thousands of others like it, start...

US Navy/MCS2 Juan S. Sua A Navy P-8A Poseidon is shown carrying AGM-84D Harpoon missiles in photos taken in January but released this month. It's not the first time a Poseidon has been spotted with that kind of weapon, but it appears to be the first time a P-8 in the Persian Gulf has been seen with it. The US Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft have started flying missions in the US 5th Fleet AOR (Area of Operations) carrying AGM-84D Harpoon missiles. Images just released by the naval service through the DVIDS network show sailors assigned to the "Fighting Tigers" of Pa...

That part of the world. five other merchant ships volunteered to help search as well. australian warship is on the way, expected to make the scene over the weekend. the new search area defined because of this supposed finding, it's about a four-hour flight from perth, australia, to the area they want to be searching. planes are currently scouring that. including according to the australian maritime safety authority a p-8a pasiden from the u.s. navy which is a fancy plane that can do that. it flies between 5,000 and 10,000 feet, can dip as low as 1,000 feet for visual inspections. it can stay a...