The first P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft for the Royal Australian Air Force was rolled out in Seattle last week. A U.S. Navy contract modification awarded the U.S. aircraft maker a $100 ...
Notably, the P-8 is a multi-mission maritime patrol aircraft, excelling at anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and search and rescue.
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Following the conclusion of large-scale naval exercises by China in the region on Friday, a US P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft was spotted transiting the Taiwan Strait.
Sonobouys are expendable sonar systems that are dropped into water from the air by Poseidon aircraft conducting anti-submarine operations or underwater acoustic research. While other aircraft ...
A US naval spy plane flew over the Taiwan Strait on Friday, Taipei said in a statement. Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said the US P-8 plane crossed the strait from south to north. “During this ...
A U.S. Navy P-8 aircraft transited through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, the first such passage since the U.S. presidential election. The U.S. Navy says it sent the plane to demonstrate Washington ...
Beijing claims most of the region as its own territory. The Royal Australian Air Force P-8 maritime surveillance aircraft was intercepted on 26 May by a Chinese J-16 fighter aircraft, during what ...