Aircraft
Indian P-8 Controversy Threatens Follow-on Buy
India has acquired the P-8 Poseidon as a replacement for its Tupolev Tu-142 "bears'. Desires for a follow-on purchase are now under threat
India's P-8I aircraft feature a magnetic anomaly detector in a tail boom. They replaced Tu-142s with Indian Naval Air Squadron 312. (photo: Boeing)
India's P-8I aircraft feature a magnetic anomaly detector in a tail boom. They replaced Tu-142s with Indian Naval Air Squadron 312. (photo: Boeing)

A desire of the Indian Navy to procure an additional 12 Boeing P-8I maritime patrol aircraft is lying in cold storage following a recent audit report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), an authority that audits all receipts and expenditure of the government. The report has reprimanded the then-Congress government for ordering an initial eight P-8Is, despite their being priced higher than the competing EADS-CASA (now Airbus Defence and Space) A319. India’s rules state that the lowest price (L-1) equipment has to be considered for procurement.


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