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US NAVAIR performs P-8A incremental ASW upgrades

Boeing will provide its usual incremental upgrades for P-8A maritime aircraft to support the platform’s anti-submarine warfare capabilities.

John HillJanuary 18, 2024

 

US naval aviation ordnancemen prepare to load a Mark 54 torpedo onto a P-8A Poseidon aircraft in 2013. Credit: DVIDS.

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has issued a contract modification that will support the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities of the Naval Air Systems Command’s P-8A Poseidon multi-purpose maritime aircraft.

Boeing, the original equipment manufacturer of the Poseidon, was awarded $102.7m to produce and deliver ten increment three retrofit A-kits and provide for three retrofit A-kit installs.

Work will be performed in Jacksonville, Florida (79.6%); St. Louis, Missouri (10.9%); and Mesa, Arizona (9.5%), and the Government expects this to be completed in November 2026.

FY 2024 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the total amount will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.

The P-8A Poseidon is a multi-mission maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft used to conduct long-range maritime and littoral operations, search and rescue missions.

P-8A aircraft are replacing the US Navy’s fleet of 196 P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft, which are approaching the end of their operational lives. The initial operational capability of P-8A was achieved in November 2013.