India moves to buy 6 more Poseidons from US for $1.8bn
India has formally kicked off the acquisition process for six more long-range Poseidon-8I aircraft from the US, while a plan is also underway for fast-track procurement of six Predator-B armed drones amidst the ongoing military confrontation with China. India is extensively using the naval P-8I patrol planes, which are packed with radars and electro-optic sensors as well as armed with Harpoon Block-II missiles and MK-54 lightweight torpedoes, for surveillance missions over the Indian Ocean as well as eastern Ladakh. The Navy had inducte…
Boeing Poseidon aircraft delivered to Indian Navy
Built on the airframe of Boeing’s Next-Generation commercial 737, the Indian Navy is now the proud owner of their sixth Poseidon P-8I delivered this week. Boeing flew their first Poseidon in 2009 and the United States Navy put it into service in 2013. The new plane flew into Naval Air Station Rajali and joined the air fleet of five other P-8Is already being used by the Indian Navy. Two more deliveries in 2015 will complete the contract inked with Boeing and the Indian Navy back in 2009. The P-8I is the Indian Navy variant of the P-8A P…
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