News Review: P-8I Aircraft completes 1st flight | ADM November 2011

The first P-8I aircraft for the Indian Navy has made its maiden flight from Boeing’s Renton Field in Seattle. The P-8I is the first of eight long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft Boeing is building for India as part of a contract awarded in January 2009. An option for four additional P-8I aircraft was included in the original contract.

In the coming weeks Boeing will begin mission systems installation and checkout work on the aircraft at a company facility near Boeing Field.

Based on the Boeing Next-Generation 737 commercial airliner, the P-8I is the Indian Navy variant of the P-8A Poseidon that Boeing is developing for the US Navy and which is expected to replace some of the RAAF’s P-3C Orions under Phase 2 of Project Air 7000.

Subject: Air