US EditionNATO Allies Have Been Gearing up for Submarine Hunts. Germany's First New Poseidon Just Arrived.
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NATO allies have been gearing up for submarine hunts. Germany's first new Poseidon just arrived.
TKGerman Armed Forces/Christoph CassetteGermany's first P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft has arrived in country.It's acquiring eight of them from the US, with the option to obtain four more.Germany is one of several NATO allies acquiring more anti-submarine warfare capabilities.NATO allies have been stepping up their game when it comes to the anti-submarine warfare mission, and just last week, the first aircraft of Germa…
The latest fighter aircraft of the Navy (and the Bundeswehr), the first seafarer of the type P-8 Poseidon in the service of the German armed forces, completed its first flight for the German Navy on Tuesday since its arrival in Germany. The aircraft flew all the way to Helgoland, but then mainly (instruments) flight patterns over the mainland. The aircraft had been delivered to the Bundeswehr last Friday. Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and the…
At the Berlin Brandenburg International Airport, from the United States, the first Boeing P-8A Poseidon was landed on behalf of the Marineflieger. It was the first of eight Poseidon that Germany ordered in two tranches, of five and three specimens, to replace as many P-3C Orion that had suffered increasing sustainability problems and operating rates not in line with the requirements of the Bundeswehr....
First P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft delivered to Germany for naval aviation upgrade
The P-8A Poseidon, produced in the United States, replaces the ageing P-3C Orion and is designed for maritime surveillance and anti-submarine warfare. The delivery is part of a €3.1 billion investment in eight aircraft, with the remaining units due by 2029. “Today, our naval aviators are quite literally switching from propeller to jet propulsion,” said Pistorius. He described the P-8A as “a particularly modern and powerful system,” noting that h…
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