Boeing Rolls Out Norway’s First P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft
The Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (Forsvarsmateriell) announced the first P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft meant to the Royal Norwegian Air Force (Luftforsvaret) have been rolled out of the Boeing’s painting hall in Seattle.
recently, the air force out revealed the names of its five P-8A poseidon aircraft : Vingtor, Viking, Ulabrand, Hugin and Munin .
The first P-8A Poseidon fuselage for Norway arrived on April 12, at Boeing facilities in Renton, Washington, from Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, Kansas.
late this summer, it will be moved to another Boeing factory to be prepared for flight test. beginning escape is scheduled for late this month, and deputation systems will be installed on the aircraft after that, before Norway take it over later this year .
In total, five P-8s will finally replace Norway ’ s current fleet of six P-3 Orions and three DA-20 Jet Falcons.
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About the P-8A MPA
A P-8A Poseidon assigned to US Navy Patrol Squadron (VP) 16 is seen in flight over Jacksonville, Fla. (U.S Navy/Personnel Specialist 1st Class Anthony Petry/Released)
The P-8A is a long-range multi-mission maritime patrol aircraft adequate to of broad-area, nautical and littoral operations. A military derivative of the Boeing Commercial Next-Generation 737 airplane, the P-8A combines superior performance and dependability with an advance deputation arrangement that ensures maximum interoperability in the struggle space .
The P-8A is militarized with maritime weapons, a modern open mission organization architecture, and commercial-like support for affordability. The aircraft has been modified to include a bomb calorimeter bay and pylons for weapons – two weapons stations on each wing – and can carry 129 sonobuoys. The aircraft is besides fitted with an in-flight refuel system. With more than 180,000 flight hours to date, P-8 variants, the P-8A Poseidon and the P-8I, patrol the globe performing anti-submarine and anti-surface war ; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance ; humanist ; and search and rescue missions .
Norway is one of six international customers for the P-8A Poseidon, with the first aircraft manner of speaking expected in 2022. The first british Poseidon MRA Mk1 took flight for the first time in mid-July 2019. As a direct commercial sale, India has received eight of the P-8I form to date with four more in production. The U.S. Navy is on contract to receive 111 with the potential for extra quantities based on the fleet ’ second needs. As a accommodative partner with the Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Program Office, Australia began receiving their P-8A aircraft in 2016 with eight delivered and four more in output ; both New Zealand and South Korea have signed agreements with the U.S. Navy to purchase four and six aircraft respectively .