Boeing delivers India's first maritime patrol aircraft P-8I

The Boeing delivered 19 December of the first P-8I ordered in 2008 by India. Derived from the new P-8A Poseidon for the U.S. Navy, the maritime patrol aircraft will enable India to significantly strengthen its means of anti-submarine and surface warfare. They will replace the Il-38 May currently in service. Boieng states that two other aircraft will be delivered to the Indian Navy this year, joining the fourth and fifth aircraft is underway. In all, eight P-8I have been ordered, plus an option for four additional units.

Developed on the basis of the civilian airliner Boeing 737 to replace the P-3C Orion, Poseidon is a jet of 38.56 meters long and 38.8 meters wide with a maximum takeoff weight of 83.5 tons. It is designed to implement Harpoon and

SLAM-ER and Mk54 and MK50 torpedoes.