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- March 1, 2024
The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a US$3.4 billion contract to begin manufacturing 17P-8A Poseidon aircraft, 14for the Royal Canadian Air Force and three additional P-8s for the German Navy.
In November 2023, Canada announced its decision to acquire the P-8A Poseidon to replace its current fleet of CP-140 Auroras. The first P-8A for Canada is expected to deliver in 2026.
With the P-8 acquisition, Boeing's economic commitments to Canada have the potential to generate annual benefits of more than 3,000 jobs for Canadian industry and value-chain partners, and at least US$358 million to Canada's gross domestic product over a ten-year period.
Canada's Team Poseidon includes CAE, GE Aviation Canada, IMP Aerospace & Defence, KF Aerospace, Honeywell Aerospace Canada, Raytheon Canada, and StandardAero. The team builds on 81 Canadian suppliers to the P-8 platform and more than 550 suppliers across all provinces contributing to Boeing's annual ~CAD$4 billion in economic benefit to Canada, supporting more than 14,000 Canadian jobs.
Following the initial procurement of five P-8 aircraft in June 2021, Germany added three additional aircraft to bring the total number of P-8s for the German Navy to eight. The first aircraft will be delivered in 2025, to replace the country's fleet of P-3 Orions.
In Germany, Boeing has partnered with ESG Elektroniksystem-und Logistik-GmbH and Lufthansa Technik to deliver systems integration, training, support and sustainment work that will bring the highest operational availability to fulfill the German Navy's missions.
Last year, Boeing and CAE signed teaming agreements to expand multi-mission platform collaboration in Canada, Germany and Norway. These agreements use the complementary capabilities of each company to provide superior management, technical and cost-effective training solutions for the P-8A Poseidon programme. (£1.00 = US$1.26 / CA$1.72 at time of publication)
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