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Indian Navy Expands Fleet with Delivery of 12th P-8I

Our Bureau - : Mar 2, 2022 - : 6:17 am

Boeing has delivered the 12th P-8I maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) to India.

The new MPA, delivered on Feb. 19, is the fourth of four additional aircraft delivered under the options contract signed by the Ministry of Defence in 2016. The Indian Navy was the first international customer for the P-8 and took delivery of the first aircraft in 2013.

In addition to maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare capabilities, the P-8I has been deployed to assist during disaster relief and humanitarian missions. The P-8 is currently also operated by the U.S. Navy, the Royal Australian Air Force, the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force and the Royal Norwegian Air Force.

Boeing Defence India (BDI), Boeing’s local entity in India, supports India’s growing P-8I fleet by providing training to Indian Navy flight crews, spare parts, ground support equipment and field-service representative support. Several complex and mission critical P-8I components such as the radar fingerprinting system, IFF (I/T) and datalink, speech secrecy system, mobile satcom system and wire harnesses are made in India by supplier partners.

Boeing is also completing construction on the Training Support & Data Handling Centre at INS Rajali, Arakkonam, in Tamil Nadu, and a secondary center at the Naval Institute of Aeronautical Technology, Kochi, as part of a training-and-support package contract signed in 2019.

Boeing has strengthened its supply chain with more than 275 partners in India and a joint venture to manufacture fuselages for Apache helicopters. Annual sourcing from India stands at $1 billion. The company currently employs over 3,500 people in India, and more than 7,000 people work with its supply chain partners.

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