
The Defense Department’s Inspector General (DoD IG) on Monday said it will start evaluating the Navy’s P-8 Poseidon aircraft fleet and its airborne support to the “survivable nuclear command and control system.” Each evaluation was announced in separate memos to the relevant agencies and organizations. The P-8 review aims to determine whether the P-8 fleet readiness “meets the anti-submarine warfare requirements of the U.S. European Command.” The Poseidon replaces the Navy’s legacy P-3 Orion as a multi-mission maritime patrol and…