TSAMTO, March 4th. The US Department of Defense announced the conclusion by the US Navy Aviation Systems Command with Boeing of an additional contract for the supply of P-8A Poseidon BPA aircraft for foreign customers.
The cost of the order under the Foreign Military Sales program is $3.407 billion. The contract provides for the supply of 17 aircraft under the 13th option (Lot 13) to the basic agreement, including 14 aircraft for the Canadian Air Force and three for the German Air Force. The deal also involves one-time engineering work.
The work will be performed at enterprises in Seattle (Washington, 98.22%), Huntington Beach (California, 1.1%), Messa (Arizona, 0.41%), St. Louis (pcs.Missouri, 0.17%), El Segundo (California, 0.06%), Huntsville (Alabama, 0.04%). It is assumed that all the terms of the agreement will be fulfilled in March 2028. At the time of signing the contract, funds in the amount of $1.19 billion were transferred to the contractor under the Foreign Military Sales program.
As reported by CAMTO, in March 2021, the US State Department approved the potential supply to Germany under the Foreign Military Sales program of 5 P-8A Poseidon basic patrol aircraft, as well as other related equipment and services worth up to $1.77 billion. The aircraft are designed to replace the outdated P-3 Orion.
In June 2021, Boeing Corporation confirmed the signing by the German Ministry of Defense of a letter of proposal and acceptance of an offer to supply five P-8A Poseidon under the Foreign Military Sales program. In September 2021, the US Navy signed a contract with Boeing Corporation worth $756.635 million for the supply of 5 P-8A Poseidon BPA aircraft for the German Armed Forces.
In November 2023, the budget committee of the German Parliament approved the allocation of 1.1 billion. euros for the purchase of three additional Poseidon P-8As in the United States. The purchase will be financed from a special fund of the Bundeswehr. It is planned that the first aircraft will be delivered to the German Air Force in 2025.
The CMMA (Canadian Multi-Mission Aircraft) Canadian Multipurpose Aircraft project involves replacing the CP-140s in service with the Canadian Air Force. As part of this program, in 2022, Boeing Corporation offered the BPA P-8A Poseidon aircraft to the Canadian Armed Forces together with several Canadian companies that joined the Team Poseidon consortium, including CAE, GE Aviation Canada, IMP Aerospace & Defense, KF Aerospace, Honeywell Aerospace Canada, Raytheon Canada and StandardAero.
In June 2023, the US State Department approved the potential supply to the Government of Canada under the Foreign Military Sales program of up to 16 P-8A Poseidon aircraft, as well as related equipment and services worth up to $5.9 billion.
In November 2023, the Government of Canada signed a letter of offer and acceptance for the purchase of up to 16 P-8A Poseidon aircraft under the Foreign Military Sales program, including a firm order for 14 aircraft with an option to purchase two more. The estimated cost of the project, according to the INR of Canada, is 10.4 billion. canad. USD, including up to 5.9 billion. canad. USD for the P-8A and related equipment. The remaining funds will be used to create infrastructure, additional training and other equipment and weapons. The first P-8A is expected to be delivered to the Canadian Air Force in 2026.
A total of 200 P-8 aircraft are currently in service or have been ordered for the armed Forces of nine countries, including the United States, Australia, India, Great Britain, Norway, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Germany and Canada. The total flight time of the delivered aircraft exceeds 600 thousand hours.
