the grandfatherón of reconnaissance and sea patrolíteam Boeing P-8 delivered número 150 took offó de Puget Sound.
The multi-missile P-8ón número 150 to beá operated by Air Test and EscuadróEvaluation No.ón (VX) One based at the Stationón Aérea Naval Patuxent River, Maryland.
“Now there is 150 P-8 aircraft around the world delivering reliability and unmatched capability to our global customers”, Stu Voboril said, Vice President and Program Manager P-8 Programs.
Con más de 450.000 uneventful flight hours, the global P-8 fleet includes 112 Aircraft delivered to the US Navy USA, 12 a Australia, 12 India, nine to the UK and five to Norway.
The planes areán designñdesigned for anti-submarine warfare; anti-surface warfare; intelligence, surveillance and recognition and búsearch and rescue. Inspired by the successful Boeing 737-800 has a range of 2200 kilómeters flying at a speed máxima de 815 kilómeters per hour rising to 12.497 altitude meters.
The 150 Boeing P-8s in service do not include six test aircraft provided to the U.S. Navy. USA during the initial stages of the program. Boeing probó those aircraft during development to evaluate capabilities and performance. As I continueúto the development of system improvements and new technologyía, the test aircraft performedñto a critical role in ensuring Boeing delivers cutting-edge capabilities to global P-8 customers.
It will be possibleíto say that this is the modern replacement of the cláphysical P-3 Orion, that toúThey are still in service, even for research tasksón of hurricanes.
