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Navy Issues Full-Rate Production Contract For P-8As

Navy Issues Full-Rate Production Contract For P-8As
Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft. (Photo. U.S. Navy)

The Navy has awarded Boeing [BA] a $2 billion contract for 16 P-8A Poseidons, marking the beginning of full-rate production of the aircraft for anti-surface and-submarine warfare and for maritime surveillance. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) issued the contract on Tuesday that will bring the total number of P-8As on order to 53. Thirty-seven were already under low-rate production contracts with 13 of them delivered. The Navy plans to buy a total of 117 of the aircraft based on Boeing’s…

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