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par Invité Dim 26 Avr 2009 - 0:15Le Boeing P 8 Poseidon, successeur désigné du Lockheed P 3 Orion a effectué son premier vol. L'US Navy doit en percevoir 108
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Sur Flight :
Boeing confirms that a US Navy P-8A Poseidon test aircraft achieved first flight early on Saturday, flying from its factory Renton, Washington.
Details of the first flight event – first reported on FlightBlogger editor Jon Ostrower’s
Twitter microblog – will be released on Monday, Boeing says.
Boeing has built two P-8A flight test aircraft – T-1 and T-2. The latter is the unpainted
aircraft that made its debut flight. T-2 has not yet flown, but has been painted in USN colours.
The P-8A is derived from the 737-800 modified with longer wings from the 737-900, hard points for missiles and an internal weapons bay. The aircraft also include a variety of
maritime sensors and a mission system operated by nine crewmembers.
The USN plans to acquire both 108 P-8As and 68 RQ-4N broad area maritime surveillance unmanned aircraft systems to replace more than 220 Lockheed P-3C Orions.
The first P-8A squadron is scheduled to be ready for deployment in Fiscal 2013.
On 4 January, Boeing also signed a $2.1 billion deal with India for eight P-8Is to serve as maritime patrol aircraft.
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/04/25/325659/first-boeing-p-8a-gets-airborne.html
http://www.uscost.net/aircraftcharacteristics/acp8a.htm
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/p8-poseidon-mma-longrange-maritime-patrol-and-more-02980/
Cet appareil a aussi été vendu à l'Inde.
Sur Flight :
Boeing confirms that a US Navy P-8A Poseidon test aircraft achieved first flight early on Saturday, flying from its factory Renton, Washington.
Details of the first flight event – first reported on FlightBlogger editor Jon Ostrower’s
Twitter microblog – will be released on Monday, Boeing says.
Boeing has built two P-8A flight test aircraft – T-1 and T-2. The latter is the unpainted
aircraft that made its debut flight. T-2 has not yet flown, but has been painted in USN colours.
The P-8A is derived from the 737-800 modified with longer wings from the 737-900, hard points for missiles and an internal weapons bay. The aircraft also include a variety of
maritime sensors and a mission system operated by nine crewmembers.
The USN plans to acquire both 108 P-8As and 68 RQ-4N broad area maritime surveillance unmanned aircraft systems to replace more than 220 Lockheed P-3C Orions.
The first P-8A squadron is scheduled to be ready for deployment in Fiscal 2013.
On 4 January, Boeing also signed a $2.1 billion deal with India for eight P-8Is to serve as maritime patrol aircraft.
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/04/25/325659/first-boeing-p-8a-gets-airborne.html
http://www.uscost.net/aircraftcharacteristics/acp8a.htm
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/p8-poseidon-mma-longrange-maritime-patrol-and-more-02980/
