Aircraft
U.S. Navy Awards Second P-8 Full-Rate Production Contract
Valued at $1.49 billion, the contract modification includes the first P-8As for delivery to the Royal Australian Air Force.
Sailors fuel a P-8A Poseidon that was used last year in the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. (Photo: U.S. Department of Defense)
Sailors fuel a P-8A Poseidon that was used last year in the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. (Photo: U.S. Department of Defense)

The U.S. Navy awarded Boeing a $1.49 billion contract modification for a second full-rate production lot of the P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft. The 13-aircraft order includes four Poseidons for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), the first of eight P-8s that service will receive.