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

 
     Current P-8 operators      Future P-8 operators

The airplane is used by militaries the following countries

  Australia
  Canada
  Germany
  • German Navy – 8 P-8As on order,[2] with deliveries beginning in 2025.
 
An Indian Navy P-8I in 2024
  India


  New Zealand
  Norway
  South Korea
  United Kingdom
  United States

P-8 Poseidon Media

Sources

  1. "Boeing Delivers First P-8A Poseidon to New Zealand". MediaRoom. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
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  3. "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.
  4. "Poseidon fleet complete". New Zealand Defence Force. 2023-07-20. Archived from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  5. 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.
  6. 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. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
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  9. 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. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  10. "UK receives eighth Poseidon MRA1". Jane's 360. 16 November 2021. Archived from the original on 16 November 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

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