United States Approves Possible FMS of 6 P-8I Maritime Patrol Aircraft to India
This announcement follows the Indian government’s approval to buy six more P-8Is in November 2019. According to the notice published by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) on 30 April 2021, the Government of India has requested to buy six (6) P-8I Patrol aircraft; eight (8) Multifunctional Information Distribution System-Joint Tactical Radio Systems 5 (MIDS-JTRS 5) (6 installed, 2 spares); forty-two (42) AN/AAR-54 Missile Warning Sensors (36 installed, 6 spares); and fourteen (14) LN-251 with Embedded Global Positioning Systems (GPS)/Inertial Navigations Systems (EGIs) (12 instal...