Fortifying its position as the second-biggest operator of submarine hunters after the United States, the Indian Navy received its 12th P-8I Poseidon aircraft from Boeing. On February 23, Boeing delivered the 12th P-8I Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to India. This is the last of the four additional aircraft delivered under the options contract signed by the Ministry of Defence in 2016. Only the US operates more P-8Is than India.

Boeing Defence India furthering Aatmanirbhar Bharat vision

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After India became the first international buyer of the P-8, many other countries including the United States, Australia, United Kingdom and Norway, also started operating the same aircraft. An integral part of the Indian Navy’s fleet, P-8I has surpassed 35,000 flight hours since it was first inducted in 2013. With its exceptional maritime surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, versatility and operational readiness, the aircraft has proven to be an important asset to the Navy.

In a bid to further India’s Aatmanirbhar Bharat vision for the future, Boeing’s local entity, Boeing Defence India (BDI), showed support by providing training to Indian Navy flight crews, spare parts, ground support equipment and field-service representative. Several complex and mission-critical P-8I components such as the radar fingerprinting system, IFF (I/T) and datalink, speech secrecy system, mobile Satcom system and wire harnesses are made in India by supplier partners, including MSMEs located across the nation.

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The indigenous, ground-based training will allow the Navy crew to increase mission proficiency in a shorter time while reducing the on-aircraft training time resulting in increased aircraft availability for mission tasking. Based on Boeing's next-generation 737 commercial airplanes, the P-8I is a variant of the P-8A Poseidon used by the US Navy. The Defence Ministry had first signed a contract for eight P-8I aircraft in 2009. Later, in 2016, it signed a contract for four additional P-8I aircraft.