{"id":354675,"date":"2024-03-01T09:17:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T14:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/?post_type=press-releases&p=354675"},"modified":"2024-03-01T09:17:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T14:17:23","slug":"boeing-awarded-3-4-billion-contract-for-17-p-8a-poseidon-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/press-releases\/boeing-awarded-3-4-billion-contract-for-17-p-8a-poseidon-aircraft\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing awarded $3.4 billion contract for 17 P-8A Poseidon aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Rendering of the Boeing P-8 as Canada’s new multi-mission aircraft. Boeing Image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a US$3.4 billion contract to begin manufacturing 14 P-8A Poseidon aircraft for the Royal Canadian Air Force and three additional P-8s for the German Navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are proud to add Canada to the list of international P-8 partners as well as to Germany\u2019s fleet of maritime patrol aircraft,\u201d said Philip June, vice president and program manager, P-8A program. \u201cThe Poseidon is a proven aircraft, with more than 600,000 flight hours, that will serve Canada and Germany well in today\u2019s challenging security environment and for decades to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In November 2023, Canada announced its decision to acquire the P-8A Poseidon to replace its current fleet of CP-140 Auroras. The first P-8A for Canada is expected to deliver in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the P-8 acquisition, Boeing\u2019s economic commitments to Canada have the potential to generate annual benefits of more than 3,000 jobs for Canadian industry and value-chain partners, and at least $358 million to Canada\u2019s gross domestic product over a 10-year period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canada\u2019s Team Poseidon includes CAE, GE Aviation Canada, IMP Aerospace & Defence, KF Aerospace, Honeywell Aerospace Canada, Raytheon Canada, and StandardAero. The team builds on 81 Canadian suppliers to the P-8 platform and more than 550 suppliers across all provinces contributing to Boeing\u2019s annual ~CAD $4 billion in economic benefit to Canada, supporting more than 14,000 Canadian jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur global customers require proven advanced capabilities to protect their countries \u2014 the P-8 provides that defense,\u201d said Vince Logsdon, vice president, International Business Development for Boeing Defense, Space & Security and Global Services. \u201cTogether with our partners, we look forward to delivering this unmatched capability in addition to significant industrial benefits for Canada\u2019s and Germany\u2019s aerospace and defense industries.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the initial procurement of five P-8 aircraft in June 2021, Germany added three additional aircraft to bring the total number of P-8s for the German Navy to eight. The first aircraft will be delivered in 2025, to replace the country\u2019s fleet of P-3 Orions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Germany, Boeing has partnered with ESG Elektroniksystem-und Logistik-GmbH and Lufthansa Technik to deliver systems integration, training, support and sustainment work that will bring the highest operational availability to fulfill the German Navy\u2019s missions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, Boeing and CAE signed teaming agreements to expand multi-mission platform collaboration in Canada, Germany and Norway. These agreements use the complementary capabilities of each company to provide superior management, technical and cost-effective training solutions for the P-8A Poseidon program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are 200 P-8s currently in service or on contract across nine countries including the United States, Australia, India, United Kingdom, Norway, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Germany and Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The award includes 14 new P-8s for Canada and three for Germany, further expanding the P-8 global fleet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":350532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[15,99318],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-354675","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-military","category-oem","entry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-releases\/354675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skiesmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}