Boeing Unveils New Maritime Surveillance Aircraft

Boeing let everybody in on one of its worst-kept secrets at the Dubai Airshow on Monday, naming the Bombardier Challenger 605 business jet as the platform for a new maritime surveillance aircraft program With maritime surveillance requirements in the Arabian Gulf region on the rise, Boeing Defense, Space & A Challenger jet — which Boeing says would be a third of the cost of a P-8 — is being modified with mission systems by Field and is scheduled to make its first flight next year ahead of trials and demonstration flights for pote…