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Boeing delivers sixth P-8I aircraft to Indian Navy
26 November 2014
26 November 2014
The first of the Indian Navy's eight Boeing P-8I Neptune maritime patrol aircraft arrived in India in 2013. Source: Indian Navy
Boeing has delivered the sixth P-8I Neptune long-range maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) to the Indian Navy, the company announced in a statement on 25 November.
The aircraft was said to have arrived at Indian Naval Station (INS) Rajali in Arakkonam, southern India, on 24 November. It joins five other MPAs already being used by the Indian Navy and is scheduled to begin flight trials "in the coming months", according to the statement.
The latest P-8I delivery is part of an eight-aircraft contract worth USD2.1 billion awarded in January 2009 to replace India's ageing Russian Tupolev Tu-142Ms. The first aircraft was handed over to the Indian Navy in December 2012; the final two are scheduled for delivery in 2015.
The P-8I Neptune is based on Boeing's 737 commercial aircraft, and can accommodate a crew of nine including five mission system operators. The aircraft has an operating range of more than 2,000 km with a four-hour on-station endurance.
The MPAs are equipped with Raytheon's APY-10 surveillance radar that incorporates air-to-air, air-to-sea, and all-weather modes. According to an IHS Jane's report in May 2013, the aircraft are also armed with Raytheon's AGM-84L Harpoon Block II anti-ship missiles and Mk 54 torpedoes for submarine prosecution.
http://www.janes.com/article/46318/boeing-delivers-sixth-p-8i-aircraft-to-indian-navy
