P-8A Request Restored To 117 Operational Aircraft

Credit: Boeing
The U.S. Navy has bumped its P-8A Poseidon procurement objective back up from 109 operational aircraft to the original “warfighting requirement” of 117. The force structure change is behind the Trump administration’s request for six additional aircraft in fiscal 2017 for $920 million, as sought in...

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