Canada Selects Boeing'S P-8A Poseidon Every Bit Its Multi-Mission Aircraft
The Government of Canada has signed a Foreign Military Sales Letter of Offer together with Acceptance for upwardly to xvi Boeing [NYSE: BA] P-8A Poseidon aircraft, every bit function of the Canadian Multi-Mission Aircraft (CMMA) projection. Canada joins 8 defence force partners, including all of the FIVE EYES allies, the word alliance that besides includes the United States, United Kingdom, Australia together with New Zealand, too becomes the fifth NATO land to accept selected the P-eight every bit its multi-mission aircraft. First delivery is expected in 2026.
The P-8 is the solely proven, in-service and inwards-production solution that meets all CMMA requirements, including reach, speed, endurance as well as payload capacity. This decision will do good hundreds of Canadian companies, too convey decades of prosperity to Canada through platform sustainment delivered by our Canadian manufacture partners.
The P-viii acquisition will generate benefits of nigh 3,000 jobs together with $358 one thousand thousand annually inward economic output to Canada, according to a 2023 independent written report past Ottawa-based Doyletech Corporation.
Team Poseidon forms the cornerstone of Boeing's P-viii Canadian industry partnership, consisting of CAE, GE Aviation Canada, IMP Aerospace & Defence, KF Aerospace, Honeywell Aerospace Canada, Raytheon Canada, as well as StandardAero. The team builds on the existing 81 Canadian suppliers to the P-8 platform in addition to to more than 550 Boeing suppliers across all provinces contributing to the fellowship'sec annual CAD $4 billion inwards economical do good to Canada, supporting more than fourteen,000 Canadian jobs.
With more than 160 aircraft delivered or in service, too 560,000 collective flying-hours, the P-8 has proven capabilities for anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, news, surveillance, reconnaissance, in addition to humanitarian help/disaster relief response.
SOURCE Boeing
"The P-eight volition bolster Canada'second defense capability in addition to readiness, and nosotros expect forrad to delivering this capability to the Royal Canadian Air Force," said Heidi Grant, president, Business Development for Boeing Defense, Space & Security. "Together alongside our Canadian partners, nosotros will deliver a stiff industrial and technological do good bundle that guarantees continued prosperity to Canada'second aerospace and defense industry."
The P-8 is the solely proven, in-service and inwards-production solution that meets all CMMA requirements, including reach, speed, endurance as well as payload capacity. This decision will do good hundreds of Canadian companies, too convey decades of prosperity to Canada through platform sustainment delivered by our Canadian manufacture partners.
The P-viii acquisition will generate benefits of nigh 3,000 jobs together with $358 one thousand thousand annually inward economic output to Canada, according to a 2023 independent written report past Ottawa-based Doyletech Corporation.
"This is a really of import 24-hour interval for the Royal Canadian Air Force and for Boeing," said Charles "Duff" Sullivan, managing director, Boeing Canada. "The P-eight offers unmatched capabilities too is the well-nigh affordable solution for acquisition too life-bike sustainment costs. There's no dubiousness the P-viii volition protect Canada'second oceans in addition to its borders for time to come generations."
Team Poseidon forms the cornerstone of Boeing's P-viii Canadian industry partnership, consisting of CAE, GE Aviation Canada, IMP Aerospace & Defence, KF Aerospace, Honeywell Aerospace Canada, Raytheon Canada, as well as StandardAero. The team builds on the existing 81 Canadian suppliers to the P-8 platform in addition to to more than 550 Boeing suppliers across all provinces contributing to the fellowship'sec annual CAD $4 billion inwards economical do good to Canada, supporting more than fourteen,000 Canadian jobs.
With more than 160 aircraft delivered or in service, too 560,000 collective flying-hours, the P-8 has proven capabilities for anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, news, surveillance, reconnaissance, in addition to humanitarian help/disaster relief response.
SOURCE Boeing
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