Boeing Quietly Delivers 3rd P-8I to India, Second P-8I delivered this month

[Yogi]

Boeing Quietly Delivers 3rd P-8I to India, Second P-8I delivered this month

The third Boeing P-8I long-
range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft for the Indian Navy arrived today in India, on schedule.

The aircraft departed Boeing Field in Seattle for Naval Station Rajali, where it joined two P-8Is currently undergoing flight trials and testing.

The first P-8I arrived in India in May.2nd P8I was delivered to India on 15 of this month.

The P-8I features open system architecture, advanced sensor and display technologies, and a worldwide base of suppliers, parts and support equipment. P-8I aircraft are built by a Boeing-led industry team that
includes CFM International,
Northrop Grumman, Raytheon,
Spirit AeroSystems, BAE Systems and GE Aviation.

The P-8I is one of eight aircraft Boeing is building for the Indian Navy as part of a contract awarded in 2009. Based on the company’s Next-Generation 737 commercial airplane, the P-8I is the Indian Navy variant of the P-8A Poseidon that Boeing has developed for the U.S. Navy. The P-8I incorporates not only India-unique design features, but also India-built sub systems that are tailored to the country’s maritime patrol requirements.

Boeing Quietly Delivers 3rd P-8I to India, Second P-8I delivered this month | idrw.org

 

[neehar]

our naval fleet is building up fast..except scorpenes

 

[[Bregs]]

Despite being lowest of three services on budget allocation the Indian navy is modernizing as per there plans

 

[joekrish]

The timely delivery is something the DRDO and the Russians need to learn from America.

 

[Yogi]

i wish the 4 follow on P-8Is will be ordered soon as well but i guess nothing will be signed before the General Elections 2014.

 

[Jai_Hind]

^^ Three P-8I of the Indian Navy at INS Rajali

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[Skull and Bones]

Another reason to go for F-18 Silent Hornet for Naval MRCA.

 

[trident2010]

Such a smooth and hassle free deliveries. Well done !!

 

[Truth Finder]

Americans are truly professionals.

 

[illusion8]

Makes one wonder that we would received a large part of the 126 no's MMRCA if F16 B70 or F18 had won the tender.

 

[GoodBoy]

Good... I like timely delivery.

 

[Scorpion666]

on time !! super stuff

 

[sancho]

Another reason to go for F-18 Silent Hornet for Naval MRCA.

I would support the fighter under certion situations too, but definitely not for in time delivery, because we are talking about arms and techs that should be deadly in war times. In that case, no restrictions, operational freedom, secure spare supply and possibly even custom weapons are much more important than a fast delivery in peace times.

 

[illusion8]

I would support the fighter under certion situations too, but definitely not for in time delivery, because we are talking about arms and techs that should be deadly in war times. In that case, no restrictions, operational freedom, secure spare supply and possibly even custom weapons are much more important than a fast delivery in peace times.

These allegations of no freedom are based on what? Pakistani experiences or does one have any other proof's for it. If it's based on Pakistan than one can say the US places restrictions for everything that it gives to Pakistan be it aid money or any assistance.

 

[Mitro]

From the P-3C Orion to the P-8A Poseidon
Plane-changing at a price
BY ROBERT F. DORR - MAY 13, 2013

A P-8A Poseidon, the U.S. Navy’s newest maritime patrol and reconnaissance test aircraft, flies alongside a P-3C Orion, prior to landing at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., April 10, 2010. U.S. Navy photo by Liz Goettee

• 0Military & Security News
  
  TOPICS:Aerospace, Naval Forces
  
  LABELS:Aircraft, International Militaries, Naval Aviation, Programs & Technology, U.S. Navy
  
  
  Here’s what “bittersweet” means:
  
  A promising new naval aircraft is taking its place on guard in the Western Pacific but at a price: U.S. Navy sailors will now begin to give up an older airplane that has held their hearts and flown their missions for decades.
  
  The P-8A Poseidon is beginning to replace the P-3C Orion.
  
  In the first overseas deployment of the new Poseidon – a derivative of theBoeing 787-800 airliner that is being delivered on schedule and on budget – Patrol Squadron Sixteen, or VP-16, led by Cmdr. Molly Boron, will deploy toKadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, where the Navy has maintained a long-range patrol presence for many years. Poseidons are scheduled to be operational at Kadena on Dec. 1, 2013.
  
  
  A P-8A Poseidon sits on the flight line at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla. as a P-3C Orion passes overhead, Jan. 9, 2013. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gulianna Dunn
  
  The P-8A will deploy to the Western Pacific in an era when tensions are high on the Korean peninsula and the Obama administration is touting its “pivot” toward the region. Of interest to VP-16 sailors now is North Korea’s submarine fleet, which relies on dated technology but is still deemed formidable.
  
  A 1997 estimate by the U.S. Navy credits North Korea with having four former Soviet “Whiskey” class submarines, twenty-two Chinese “Romeo” class subs and a small number of locally built “Romeo” derivatives known as Sang-O class submarines. Other sources put Pyongyang’s inventory of diesel-powered submarines as high as 70. Kadena is the spot from which U.S. maritime patrol crews keep their eyes on the North Korean undersea threat, as well as other naval developments in the region.
  
  When VP-16 arrives at Kadena near year’s end, the squadron will begin a continuous presence by the Poseidon in the Western Pacific.
  
  
  
  AT WHAT PRICE?
  It’s only the very beginning of the end for the P-3C Orion, which recently passed 50 years of operational service. The Orion will be around for a long time to come. But some of the venerable Orions are heading straight into retirement and some sailors will shed a tear. The transition from P-3C to P-8A means the Navy’s long-range, over-water maritime patrol community will begin doing things differently.
  
  An unidentified blogger asked in 2009. “Why are they replacing a perfect plane?” Everything from crew composition (and comfort) to anti-submarine tactics will be a little different now.
  
  The Orion gave crews a rough ride during extended patrol duty at low altitude, often while flying with one engine shut down to extend range and loiter time. The barf bag was a standard item of equipment for perennially airsick Orion sailors. Being at wavecap altitude meant plenty of flying in a salt-spray environment, which can be corrosive to any aircraft. The average P-3C today has 17,000 hours, one has 23,000, and nearly all of that time has been “hard” time accrued under demanding flying conditions.
  
  
  A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft assigned to Patrol Squadron 30 flies above the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), not pictured, in the Atlantic Ocean, Oct. 16, 2012. The P-8A is replacing the P-3C Orion aircraft as the Navy’s standard maritime patrol aircraft. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mike DiMestico
  
  The P-3C is equipped with magnetic anomaly detection (MAD) gear, a key tool in its sub-hunting arsenal that won’t be found on U.S. Poseidons (though India will use MAD on its version, the P-8I). P-3Cs routinely fly 12-hour patrols while the P-8A is expected to be aloft typically for 10.5 hours. Not that it can’t stay up longer: The P-8A can receive air-to-air refueling, a capability not found on the Orion. The P-8A carries a crew of nine compared with 11 for a P-3C.