US aerospace company Boeing delivered India’s 12th maritime surveillance and anti-submarine warfare P-8I aircraft on February 24.
- The first of these aircraft was inducted in 2013, and it made India the first country outside the United States to get one.
- The aircraft is designed for long-range anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-surface warfare (ASuW), and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions and is a multi-mission aircraft with state of the art sensors, proven weapons systems, and a globally recognised platform.
- Apart from India and the US, it has been chosen by six other militaries in the world.
- The aircraft has two variants — the P-8I, which is manufactured for the Indian Navy, and the P-8A Poseidon, which is flown by the US Navy, the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, and the Royal Norwegian Air Force.
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