Aircraft
Norway To Acquire P-8s as Boeing Delivers to Australia
India and the UK are the other customers to date; Boeing is wooing British suppliers to offset an expensive, uncompeted buy.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (center) welcomed the first RAAF P-8A to Canberra, together with his defense and border police ministers. The Boeings will replace P-3 Orions (background).
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (center) welcomed the first RAAF P-8A to Canberra, together with his defense and border police ministers. The Boeings will replace P-3 Orions (background).

Norway signaled its intention to become the fourth export customer for the Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft. It will buy five for delivery in 2021-22 as a replacement for six Lockheed Martin P-3 Orions and three Dassault Falcon 20s, all of which were delivered in the 1990s. The cost will reportedly be $1.5 billion, including sensors and weapons. Meanwhile, Boeing delivered the first of eight P-8As to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) last month.