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Boeing Team Begins Building Indian Navy’s 1st P-8I Aircraft

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Friday, December 10th, 2010

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Boeing [BA] Wednesday said its P-8I team began fabricating the first part for the Indian navy's first long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti- submarine warfare aircraft this week Wichita, Kan. "Today marks the P-8I program's move from the design phase to the build phase," Leland Wight, Boeing P-8I program manager, said in a statement. "We're on schedule and the Indian navy is looking forward receiving its first plane." The P-8I, based on the Boeing Next-Generation 737 commercial airplane, is a variant…

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