The Navy’s new P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft have performed better than expected during exercises over the last two months in the Pacific Ocean, the chief of naval operations, Adm. Jonathan Greenert, said yesterday. The Boeing [BA]-built P-8s participated in U.S. military exercises called Valiant Shield near Guam earlier this month and in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) international exercises that concluded Aug. 3. The P-8s exceeded “the ranges, the distances and detection ranges that we had designed for her,”…
P-8s Exceeding Expectations, CNO Says
Defense Daily Staff
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