Boeing Delivers 1st P-8A Poseidon Production Aircraft to US Navy

Boeing [NYSE: BA] on March 4 officially delivered the first production P-8A Poseidon aircraft to the U.S. Navy in Seattle. The P-8A is the first of 13 anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft Boeing will deliver as part of a low-rate initial production contract awarded in 2011. In this photo, the first production P-8A, LRIP1-1, takes off from Boeing Field in Seattle on its way to Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla., where it will be used for aircrew training.
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