Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA)

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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Air Asia-Pacific 

U.S. Air Force B-52H Strategic Bombers Train with U.S. Navy P-8A Patrol Aircraft Over East China Sea

August 7, 2018August 7, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Boeing P-8 Poseidon, Continuous Bomber Presence (CBP), East China Sea, Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), Strategic bomber, U.S. Air Force (USAF), U.S. Navy (USN), USA

Two U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress strategic bombers participated in a joint training mission with two U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon

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Air Asia-Pacific Missiles 

Australia’s P-8A Poseidon Aircraft Fires its First Harpoon Missile During Exercise RIMPAC 18

July 22, 2018July 22, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments AGM-84 Harpoon, Anti-ship missile, Australia, Boeing P-8 Poseidon, Exercise RIMPAC, Harpoon missile, Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)

The Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft has successfully fired its first Harpoon missile during Exercise

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Air Middle East 

Israel Aerospace Industries to Introduce ASW Capabilities in its Maritime Heron Remotely Piloted Aircraft

July 21, 2018July 21, 2018 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Anti-submarine warfare (ASW), IAI Heron, Israel, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Magnetic Anomaly Detector (MAD), Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), Sonobuoy, Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV)

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is upgrading the potential of its maritime Heron Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) with anti-submarine warfare (ASW)

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Air Europe 

Airbus Evaluates Military Multi-Mission Version of its A320neo Airliner Designated A320M3A

July 20, 2018 DP Press Releases 0 Comments Airbus, Airbus A320M3A, Airbus A320neo, Anti-submarine warfare (ASW), Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA)

Airbus is evaluating a military multi-mission version of its A320neo commercial airliner, designated A320M3A, which can perform ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and

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