12-18-2009, 01:01 AM
Dated but interesting.
[url="http://www.zopag.com/news/boeing-rolls-out-p8a-poseidon-india-to-be-the-first-buyer/5620.html"]Boeing rolls out P-8A Poseidon; India to be the first buyer[/url]
[url="http://www.zopag.com/news/boeing-rolls-out-p8a-poseidon-india-to-be-the-first-buyer/5620.html"]Boeing rolls out P-8A Poseidon; India to be the first buyer[/url]
Quote:Zopag News Network
Fri 31st Jul 2009 16:29:28
Washington, July 31 : American aviation giant Boeing today rolled out its first 'P-8A Poseidon', claiming it to be the world's most advanced multi-mission maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, with the Company saying that India would be its first buyer country.
India has ordered eight P-8Is, a derivative of the American version, the first of which Boeing will deliver within 48 months of the contract being signed. The rest seven aircraft would be delivered by 2015, filling a wide gap in India's maritime reconnaissance capability, hit by crashes of its Russian built aircraft.
The Indian RFP (request for proposal) which is awaiting a formal nod from the Cabinet Committee on Security calls for delivery of eight aircraft over a four-year period.
Though the Indian version is a variant of the just rolled out P-8A Poseidon, Boeing officials said the mission system of the Indian aircraft have been made to address the unique requirements tailored by the Indian Navy.