Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA)

Air Europe 

Leonardo Deploys its Falco EVO RPAS for Drone-Based Maritime Surveillance as Part of Frontex Test Programme

December 7, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex), European Union (EU), Italian Guardia di Finanza (GdF), Italy, Leonardo, Leonardo Falco EVO, Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV)

Leonardo’s Falco EVO Remotely-Piloted Air System (RPAS), in a maritime patrol configuration, has been deployed from Lampedusa airport (Lampedusa Island,

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Asia-Pacific Deployments 

Australia to Deploy P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft to Japan to Enforce UNSC Resolutions on North Korea

November 30, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Australia, Boeing P-8 Poseidon, Japan, Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), North Korea, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), United Nations (UN)

Australia will deploy a P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to Japan next week to conduct maritime surveillance in support of

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Air Asia-Pacific 

India’s DAC Approves Mid-Life Upgrade of Indian Coast Guard’s Dornier Do 228 Maritime Surveillance Aircraft

November 1, 2018November 1, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Dornier Do 228, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), India, India's Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), Indian Coast Guard (ICG), Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA)

India’s Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) has accorded approval for the Mid Life Upgrade of 17 Dornier Do 228 maritime surveillance

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Air Europe 

Elbit Systems to Provide Hermes 900 Maritime Patrol UAS to European Maritime Safety Agency

November 1, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments CEiiA (Portugal), Elbit Hermes 900, Elbit Systems, European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), European Union (EU), Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV)

Elbit Systems announced that it was awarded a framework contract for Hermes 900 Maritime Patrol Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) by

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Americas Deployments 

NORAD Identifies Four Russian Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft Entering Alaskan ADIZ

September 22, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), Alaska, Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), Russia, USA

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) announced that it positively identified two groups of two Russian maritime reconnaissance aircraft

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Air Asia-Pacific 

U.S. State Dept. Approves Sale of Six P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft to South Korea

September 13, 2018September 13, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Boeing P-8 Poseidon, Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), Foreign Military Sales (FMS), Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), South Korea, USA

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of six P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to

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Americas Training & Simulation 

Boeing Wins Contract from U.S. Navy to Update P-8A Poseidon Training System

September 13, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Australia, Boeing, Boeing P-8 Poseidon, Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Training and Simulation, U.S. Navy (USN), USA

Boeing has won a contract award from the U.S. Navy to update the courseware and software for the Navy’s P-8A

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Air Deployments Europe 

Royal Air Force Typhoon Fighter Jets Intercept Russian Be-12 Maritime Patrol Aircraft over Black Sea

August 24, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Beriev Be-12, Black Sea, Eurofighter Typhoon, Fighter aircraft, Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, NATO, NATO Enhanced Air Policing (EAP), Romania, Royal Air Force (RAF), Russia, Russian Naval Aviation, UK

Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets have interrupted a Russian Be-12 maritime patrol aircraft’s path towards NATO airspace, yesterday (August

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Air Europe 

Royal Air Force’s New P-8 Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft to be Formally Known as Poseidon MRA Mk.1

August 20, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Boeing P-8 Poseidon, Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), RAF Lossiemouth, Royal Air Force (RAF), UK

The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has announced that its new P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft will be formally known

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Asia-Pacific Training & Simulation 

P-8A Poseidon Training Commences in South Australia

August 18, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Australia, Boeing P-8 Poseidon, Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), RAAF Base Edinburgh, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Training and Simulation

Marise Payne, Australian Minister for Defence, and Christopher Pyne, the Minister for Defence Industry, announced the handover of the P-8A

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