Aircraft
P-8A Roll Out to U.S. Navy Accelerates With ASW Mission
The U.S. Navy has P-8A Poseidon aircraft stationed on both the east and west coasts of America.
Mission system consoles in the cabin of the P-8A, which typically operates with a crew of nine, including three pilots. [Photo: Bill Carey]
Mission system consoles in the cabin of the P-8A, which typically operates with a crew of nine, including three pilots. [Photo: Bill Carey]

Recently the recipient of a mischievous “greeting” by a Russian Sukhoi Su-30 fighter over the Black Sea, the Boeing P-8A Poseidon continues rolling out to the U.S. Navy, bringing new capability in anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and no doubt annoying adversaries. Since it first started delivering Poseidons to the Navy in March 2012, Boeing this spring had handed over nearly half of the 117 jets the service seeks.