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Boeing Offering P-8A Poseidon In Canada’s Maritime Patrol Aircraft Replacement

Thursday, February 10th, 2022

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Boeing Offering P-8A Poseidon In Canada’s Maritime Patrol Aircraft Replacement

A P-8A Poseidon assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 20 flies over USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) in Chesapeake Bay in 2016. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

Boeing [BA] said on Thursday it intends to offer the P-8A Poseidon for Canada’s plan to replace its long-range maritime patrol aircraft. The company said Canada recently issued a Request For Information (RFI) for the Canadian Multi-Mission Aircraft (CMMA) project that intends to replace the current Royal Canadian Air Force fleet of CP-140 Aurora aircraft while improving its anti-submarine warfare (ASW) as well as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capability. The Canadian Ministry of National Defense is currently modernizing the…

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