P-8 Poseidon
The P-8 Poseidon is a patrol aircraft and (scouting or) reconnaissance aircraft. It is made by the American company, Boeing Defense, Space & Security. It was developed for the U.S. Navy.
One of its (main jobs or) roles is anti-submarine warfare.
It can work together with the drone, MQ-4C Triton maritime.
Operators
The airplane is used by militaries the following countries
- Royal Australian Air Force – 12 P-8As delivered as of 2022,[1]
- Royal Canadian Air Force – 14 P-8As on order, with deliveries.
- German Navy – 8 P-8As on order,[2]
- Indian Navy – 12 P-8Is delivered as of 2022.[3]
- Royal New Zealand Air Force – 4 P-8As delivered as of 2023.[4]
- Republic of Korea Navy – 3 P-8As delivered as of 2024.[8]
- Royal Air Force – 9 Poseidon MRA1s delivered as of 2022.[9][10]
- United States Navy – 130 delivered, as 2023.[2]
Sources
- ↑ "Boeing Delivers First P-8A Poseidon to New Zealand". MediaRoom. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Boeing: Orders and Deliveries (updated monthly)". Boeing. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ↑ "2nd Biggest Operator Of Submarine Hunters, Indian Navy Receives Its 12th P-8I Poseidon Aircraft From Boeing". eurasiantimes.com. 24 February 2022. Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ↑ "Poseidon fleet complete". New Zealand Defence Force. 2023-07-20. Archived from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ↑ Herk, Hans van (27 May 2022). "Delivery of final RNoAF Poseidon". www.scramble.nl. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ↑ Bixby, Tom [@TomBixby4] (7 April 2022). "Delivered to Norwegian Air force p8 poseidon 3 of 5.. this one landed at naval air station Jacksonville for training t.co/zQvD91Bez5" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022 – via Twitter.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Norge har inngått kontrakt om kjøp av fem nye P-8A Poseidon maritime patruljefly". Regjeringen.no. 29 March 2017. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017.
- ↑ "South Korea receives three P-8A Poseidons". Janes. 20 June 2024.
- ↑ Boeing UK & Ireland [@BoeingUK] (11 January 2022). "Nine aircraft < Two years. Welcome to the latest #P8, just landed at @RAFLossiemouth 👏 t.co/gQ89WWV3wa" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022 – via Twitter.
- ↑ "UK receives eighth Poseidon MRA1". Jane's 360. 16 November 2021. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.