US Navy orders 16 more Boeing P-8A Poseidons

The US Navy has awarded a $2.4 billion contract to Boeing for 16 additional P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine patrol aircraft, bringing to 53 the number of the type on order for the service. Boeing has already delivered 13 P-8As to the USN, which in December 2013 deployed its first Poseidon patrol squadron at Kadena air base in Japan. (www.flightglobal.com) Plus d'info...