Aircraft
Boeing Touts Challenger-based Maritime Surveillance Aircraft
MSA is billed as a lower cost alternative to the P-8 Poseidon.
Boeing’s Maritime Surveillance Aircraft demonstrator, a modified Bombardier Challenger 604, is shown on its first flight on February 28.
Boeing’s Maritime Surveillance Aircraft demonstrator, a modified Bombardier Challenger 604, is shown on its first flight on February 28.

Apple’s product strategy serves to describe the similarities between the high-end P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft the U.S. Navy uses and the new, smaller maritime surveillance aircraft (MSA) being developed for international customers, according to Boeing Defense. Both aircraft are on display here at the Farnborough International Airshow this week.