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Navy/USMC

Boeing Set To Begin Flight-Testing Multi-Mission Pod On P-8

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, June 27th, 2024

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Boeing Set To Begin Flight-Testing Multi-Mission Pod On P-8

Boeing-built P-8 for New Zealand. Photo: Boeing

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—Boeing [BA] in July will begin flight-testing its internally-developed Multi-Mission Pod on the P-8 Poseidon anti-submarine warfare and maritime patrol aircraft, a new system that will offer customers more sensor options and potential mission sets they currently may not be able to carry out with the aircraft, a company official said. The flight-testing program will take up to two years, John Spore, who works business development for Boeing’s P-8 efforts, told reporters at the company’s new maintenance, repair and…

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