The Boeing P-8 Poseidon

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So Ukranians and Russians are on the project?

 

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First P-8A Poseidons Report for Duty
Navy News Service

Story Number: NNS131202-05
Release Date: 12/2/2013 10:59:00 AM

By Lt. Andrew Orchard of Commander, Maritime Patrol and
Reconnaissance Force Seventh Fleet

MISAWA, Japan (NNS) -- The Navy's newest, most advanced maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, the P-8A Poseidon, arrived in Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan for its inaugural deployment Dec. 1.

The War Eagles of Patrol Squadron 16 (VP 16) deployed with six P-8As Poseidons in support of 7th Fleet maritime patrol and reconnaissance operations in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

The deployment marks a milestone in the transition of U.S. Navy Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Forces (MPRF). For the first time since the Navy received the P-3A Orion in 1962 a new aircraft will be operated by a deployed patrol squadron.

The P-8A Poseidon is the most advanced, long-range anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare aircraft in the world. A true multi-mission aircraft, it also provides superior maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capability. The Poseidon is built on the proven Boeing 737 airframe, the most commercially operated aircraft in the world. The transition to the Poseidon brings with it enhanced safety and reduced maintenance.

Based in Jacksonville, Fla., VP-16 began the transition to become the first P-8A squadron 18 months ago, shortly after returning home from a six-month deployment to Kadena Air Base. The War Eagles achieved U.S. Navy safe for flight status in January 2013 and were certified ready for deployment in November 2013.

'I couldn't be prouder of what the War Eagles have been able to accomplish during the squadron's transition to the P-8A,' said Commander Bill Pennington, VP-16's Commanding Officer. 'We are well trained and well prepared for this deployment, and excited about the opportunity to demonstrate the Poseidon's exceptional capabilities.'

The deployment of the P-8A Poseidons to Japan is part of a phased replacement of the propeller driven P-3C Orion now serving in U.S. 7th Fleet operating area. Deploying alongside VP-16 will be the VP-46 Grey Knights from Whidbey Island, Wash., who will operate the venerable Orion.

'In December, we will demonstrate the ability of the Poseidon to operate effectively alongside P-3C during high-tempo deployed operations,' said Capt. Mike Parker, Commander of Task Force 72. 'I also look forward to P-8A integrating seamlessly with our international partners and allies. Our interoperability will only get better with Poseidon,' added Parker.

First P-8A Poseidons Report for Duty

The P-8A Poseidon is a long-range anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft. It possesses an advanced mission system that ensures maximum interoperability in the future battle space. Capable of broad-area maritime, and littoral operations, the P-8A will influence how the U.S. Navy's maritime patrol and reconnaissance forces train, operate and deploy.

The P-8A Poseidon is a true multi-mission platform. On board P-8A, all sensors contribute to a single fused tactical situation display, which is then shared over both military standard and internet protocol data links, allowing for seamless delivery of information amongst U.S. and coalition forces. As an armed platform, P-8A independently closes the kill chain, while simultaneously providing data to everyone on the network.

The P-8A is the latest military derivative aircraft to benefit from a culture of technical innovation and the One Boeing approach to manufacturing. The P-8A is a derivative of the highly successful and reliable Next-Generation 737. The P-8A has the fuselage of a 737-800 and the wings of a 737-900. Modifications to the baseline commercial aircraft are incorporated into the aircraft in-line. In the past, commercial aircraft were sent to modification centers where they were taken apart and rebuilt to meet military specifications. The P-8A is Boeing's first military derivative aircraft to incorporate structural modifications to the aircraft as it moves through the commercial line.

Boeing's team is developing the P-8A Poseidon for the U.S. Navy, which plans to purchase 117 aircraft. As part of the flight test program, the Navy will have three P-8As at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., in 2010. Initial operational capability is scheduled for 2013. In January 2009 Boeing was selected to provide eight P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft to the Indian navy. India is the first international customer for the P-8. Boeing believes there are numerous other opportunities for international sales to countries currently operating P-3s or similar maritime patrol aircraft. Interest has been expressed by many countries including Australia and Italy.

The P-8A is being developed by a Boeing-led team that consists of CFM International, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, GE Aviation and Spirit AeroSystems.

An industry leader in large-scale systems integration, Boeing provides unrivaled expertise in customizing military and commercial products for maritime forces. Boeing is completing final assembly of the P-8A in Renton, Wash., taking advantage of the proven efficiencies, manufacturing processes and performance of the existing Next-Generation 737 production system.

CFM International supplies the CFM56-7 engine that powers the P-8A.

Northrop Grumman provides the directional infrared countermeasures system and the electronic support measures system.

Raytheon provides the upgraded AN/APY-10 maritime surveillance radar and signals intelligence solutions.

GE Aviation supplies flight-management and stores-management systems.

Spirit AeroSystems builds the 737 aircraft's fuselage and airframe tail sections and struts.

• Since the System Development and Demonstration contract was awarded to Boeing in 2004, the P-8A Poseidon program has been a model acquisition program.
• First flight -- 2009
• First flight test aircraft to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, MD. -- 2010

Boeing: P-8A Poseidon

 

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The P-8 Poseidon is quickly becoming the Pentagon’s super-adaptable multi-role surveillance platform of choice. We know it can pack one of the most advanced radar systems in the world, slung under its belly in a huge canoe-like enclosure. Now, another previously unknown external ‘plug and play’ capability for the P-8 appears to be in testing.

This new pod was photographed during a P-8 test flight out of Boeing Field in Seattle by aviation photographer Josh Kaiser. As you can see, it is made up of an antenna farm and housing that can be attached and detached from the P-8’s forward underbelly.

It is unclear what this pod’s exact purpose is, but it is worth a guess (we have reached out to Boeing but are still awaiting a response). It could very well be a modular communications intelligence gathering package that will allow the P-8 to pick up some of the slack for the USAF’s RC-135 and U-2 (in Senior Spear configuration) fleets, as well as the Navy’s own secretive EP-3 Aries cadre among other smaller platforms. Such a capability will allow the P-8 to eavesdrop on potential foes communications in a way in which linguists can translate those intercepts in real-time or in near real-time. Using satellite communications, there is a possibility that those linguists may not be on the jet at all, and could even be halfway around the globe.

Another possibility is that this system is the P-8’s version of a “network gateway” system that will give it similar bolt-on capabilities as other aircraft equipped with Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) suites. BACN is flying on the EQ-4, E-11A and NASA’s WB-57s, even the KC-135 can deploy simpler and less capable ‘roll-on, roll-off’ unit that accomplishes some of BACN’s basic mission. BACN is one of America’s most powerful force multipliers. It creates an active net over the entire battlefield, far over the horizon, and even at ground level. It also allows different weapon systems that carry various types of data-links, which transmit on their own waveform, to have their situational awareness “pictures” fused into one single common shared picture of battlespace. This single, fused picture is then rebroadcast by BACN on all those same waveforms.

 

[T90TankGuy]

THE NAVY’S P-8 POSEIDON SPOTTED PACKING MYSTERIOUS NEW POD

you started two threads mate.

 

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The U.S. and U.K. are teaming to maintain and operate their Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft at a Royal Air Force base in Scotland, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday.

The Navy and the RAF will partner to create a logistics infrastructure for the P-8s at the RAF base in Lossiemouth, Scotland ahead of the delivery of the first U.K. Poseidons in 2019.

“Through seeking opportunities to share logistics and support bases and optimize the use of P-8A aircraft, particularly in Europe, the declaration should ensure increased value for money and operational effectiveness,” read the announcement.

The introduction of the P-8A to the U.K. comes as Russian activity in the region has been on the rise since 2014, Eric Wertheim — naval analyst and author of U.S. Naval Institute’s Combat Fleets of the World — told USNI News on Thursday.

“The acquisition of P-8 Poseidon aircraft is an important step for the U.K. and helps the country address a major long-range maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare gap that has existed since the 2010 retirement of the RAF Nimrod MR.2 and cancellation of the planned MRA.4 replacement aircraft,” he said.
“In light of increasingly aggressive Russian naval activities throughout NATO’s area of responsibility, as well as other challenges such as the European migrant crisis, the planned arrival of the Britain’s P-8s and the continued strong coordination between the U.S., U.K. and also other NATO countries is a definite step in the right direction.”

The U.K. laid out its P-8 plan in its 2015 Strategic Defense and Security Review. In August, Boeing was been awarded a $68.4 million long lead item contract for the first two P-8s for

“The arrival of the Poseidon P-8A in 2019 will provide the U.K. with significantly increased capabilities and bring hi-tech employment to Scotland and the wider U.K.,” said Air Commodore Ian Gale, senior responsible owner for the Poseidon P-8A program.
“This agreement will enhance the U.K.’s maritime patrol capability and further strengthen U.K.-U.S. defense relations.”

https://news.usni.org/2017/01/26/u-k-u-s-sign-p-8a-poseidon-agreement

 

[Penguin]

Good. They will also need to acquire some bigs UAVs to complement/supplement the P-8As.

 

[Blue Marlin]

Good. They will also need to acquire some bigs UAVs to complement/supplement the P-8As.

what about the mq-4c would you think reagan would sell it to maggie?

http://www.ainonline.com/sites/default/files/uploads/triton_0.jpg

heck even the euro hawk, if that project is still ongoing.

or fitting out our mq-9's with the necessary sensors

mind you the recent white paper made no mention of any uav so its only but a dream in ones mind.

 

[Penguin]

Reagan loves Maggie, wants to seduce her away from Europe.

 

[Zarvan]

P-8 Poseidon (image: Business Insider)

Boeing has won a $2.46 billion United States (US) Navy modification contract to supply 19 more P-8A aircraft for the US Navy and government of United Kingdom (UK) and Norway.

The contract includes supplying 10 additional aircraft for the Navy, four for the government of the UK and five for the government of Norway, the US Department of Defense said in a statement Friday.

According to the company, the P-8 aircraft is designed for long-range anti-submarine warfare; anti-surface warfare; and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. It is capable of broad-area maritime, littoral operations, humanitarian and search and rescue missions, etc.

The P-8 also conducts shipping interdiction and early warning self-protection (EWSP) ability which involves carrying torpedoes, Harpoon anti-ship missiles, and other weapons. It is able to drop and monitor sonobuoys. It is designed to operate in conjunction with the Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton Broad Area Maritime Surveillance unmanned aerial vehicle.

Work is expected to be completed by March 2022.

http://www.defenseworld.net/news/24155/Boeing_Wins__2_46B_for_19_P_8A_Poseidon_Aircraft#.XEvIQ1wzZPY

 

[F-22Raptor]

One of the U.S. Navy's P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol planes recently visited Moffett Field in California. The aircraft in question was carrying an elongated pontoon-like pod underneath, known as the AN/APS-154 Advanced Airborne Sensor, or AAS, a powerful and secretive radar system.

A planespotter, photographer, and War Zone reader named Fred, who also goes by the Twitter handle cvvhrn, took the pictures of this particular P-8A, which is also known by the Bureau Number 169007, at Moffett on May 3, 2020. He was kind enough to share them with us so we could share them with you.

The pictures offer an excellent view of the underside of the AN/APS-154, as well as the P-8A carrying it. The pod is attached to the bottom of the aircraft using a special, extendable cradle known as the Special Mission Pod Deployment Mechanism (SMPDM), which Aviation Week was first to report on in July 2019. By extending the pod well below the fuselage while in flight, the radar's fields of view are no longer obstructed by the plane's two engines.

You can also see a pair of vertical strakes, one on either side of the bottom of the P-8A's rear fuselage. These are unique to aircraft that have been configured to carry the AN/APS-154.

Specific details about the pod itself and the capabilities of the radar inside, all of which Raytheon developed almost entirely in secret, are limited. The radar is known to be an active electronically-scanned array (AESA) type with moving target indicator (MTI) and synthetic aperture functionality. What this means is that the system is capable of tracking moving targets below at sea and on land, as well as taking high-quality radar imagery of objects of interest for further analysis, even at night or in poor weather.

The AAS is also specifically designed to work in littoral regions where it might have to scan both water and land areas simultaneously. Traditional surface search radars are typically optimized for one environment or the other, or have dedicate modes for each, and generally have difficulty covering both at the same time.

All of this makes it a powerful information-gathering tool for the P-8A, which is set to not only replace the Navy's P-3C Orion patrol planes, but also partially assume the missions of its specialized intelligence variants of that aircraft, such as the EP-3E Aeries II. The AN/APS-154 is itself a direct follow-on to the equally secretive AN/APS-149 Littoral Surveillance Radar System, another podded Raytheon AESA radar that some P-3Cs carry. The AAS is also just one bolt-on sensor suite that is in development for the Poseidon, as well.

In addition, the AN/APS-154, combined with the P-8A's networking and data-sharing capabilities, will enable planes carrying the pod to be powerful stand-off targeting platforms for other assets in the air, at sea, or on land, as well as its itself. The Navy is now working to integrate various stand-off weapons onto its Poseidons, which you can read about more in this past War Zone piece. The AAS would also allow the aircraft to conduct rapid assessments of any strikes.

Beyond that, being an AESA type radar, the AN/APS-154 might have secondary electronic warfare capabilities. You can read much more about this sensor and what it offers to the Navy's Poseidon fleet here.

It's not clear how many AAS pods the Navy has now, how many of its P-8As are configured to carry them, or what units those aircraft are assigned to. The Navy first contracted Raytheon to develop the radar system in 2009 and began testing it in 2014. As of August 2019, at least seven different Posiedons, including this particular aircraft, have been observed carrying the pods at various times. Some of these aircraft have been linked to some of the Navy's most shadowy aviation units, which is the topic of a War Zone feature that will be coming in the near future.

There have been more sightings of AAS-equipped P-8As in the last year or so, which along with the appearance of 169007 at Moffett Field, indicate that the Navy's is making increasingly regular use of these powerful sensors.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...poseidon-carrying-its-big-secretive-radar-pod

 

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US Navy receives its 100th P-8A Poseidon
By Greg Waldron
18 May 2020

Source: Boeing
The 100th P-8A Poseidon built for the US Navy departs Boeing Field

The US Navy (USN) has taken delivery of its 100th Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.

The company notes that this is the 94th mission capable aircraft, with six jets earmarked as test examples.

“We’re honoured by the navy’s faith and confidence in our employees and the P-8 system,” says Stu Voboril, vice-president and programme manager. “Our focus has been, and will be, on delivering the world’s best maritime patrol aircraft, bar none.”

Boeing adds that the 737NG-based type, which is also operated by Australia and India, has accumulated 300,000 flight hours.

In late March, the USN awarded Boeing a $1.5 billion contract for 18 P-8As. This comprised eight examples for the service, plus for the South Korean navy, and four for the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

The P-8A features the fuselage of the 737-800 mated with the wing of the 737-900ER. It is in the process of replacing the Lockheed Martin P-3C Orions operating with the USN and other militaries.

In February, the UK Royal Air Force also welcomed its first of an eventual nine examples at its Kinloss base in Scotland.

https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/us-navy-receives-its-100th-p-8a-poseidon/138413.article

 

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Dear Admin Team,

We have 9 other threads on the same topic, Is it possible to merge all 10 threads and have a single one? When you can.

Regards

1. https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/boei...seidon-production-aircraft-to-us-navy.164276/
2. https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/us-navys-p-8a-poseidon-completes-first-flight.121296/
3. https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/us-n...don-for-test-and-evaluation-activities.54900/
4. https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/u-s-navy-rolls-out-p-8a-poseidon.30933/
5. https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/first-p-8a-poseidons-report-for-duty.289761/
6. https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/u-k-u-s-sign-p-8a-poseidon-agreement.474665/
7. https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/boeing-wins-2-46b-for-19-p-8a-poseidon-aircraft.598874/
8. https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/boeing-p-8a-poseidon-sub-hunter.94167/
9. https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/the-navys-p-8-poseidon-spotted-packing-mysterious-new-pod.390278/