Sign-up to receive weekly Defense email updates with news, commentary, photos, videos and more!
Focusing on the critical interplay of programs, policy, funding and operations to provide integrated intelligence and global perspective to defense and government leaders worldwide.
Aerospace Daily & Defense Report is relied upon for the latest, critical intelligence on programs, budgets and policies in defense, as well as military and civil space.
Unmanned Horizons is a dedicated section of AviationWeek.com's defense coverage of unmanned systems.
Access news, blog posts, videos, photos and other exclusive unmanned systems-related defense content.
Aviation Week is proud to announce its new Innovation Special Topic page supported by Booz Allen Hamilton.
Check out articles, white papers, interactive features and more related to aviation, aerospace and defense innovation.
Brought to you by: , , , and
The US Navy’s first Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft T-1, completed a 3 hour 31 min maiden flight from Renton, Wash., on Apr 25., and later landed at Boeing Field. The second test aircraft T-2, is meanwhile being prepared for flight at Renton and is undergoing ground calibration and fuel system work according to Boeing sources. The aircraft is a hybrid derivative of the 737 combining the fuselage of the -800 with the structurally heavier wings of the -900. The Navy plans to acquire up to 108 P-8As which will replace the P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft from 2013 onwards. Today’s initial ‘positioning’ flight of the P-8A, originally scheduled for March 2009, marks only the start of functional check out flight tests. The formal evaluations begin in September with a ferry flight to the US Navy’s Patuxent River flight test center in Maryland where the main test campaign will be conducted. Some details of today’s flight timeline and a photo of T-1 lifting off can be found on Flightblogger. 737 with an attitude. The P-8A - coming to a patrol area near you soon. (Credit: Boeing)
The US Navy’s first Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft T-1, completed a 3 hour 31 min maiden flight from Renton, Wash., on Apr 25., and later landed at Boeing Field. The second test aircraft T-2, is meanwhile being prepared for flight at Renton and is undergoing ground calibration and fuel system work according to Boeing sources.
The aircraft is a hybrid derivative of the 737 combining the fuselage of the -800 with the structurally heavier wings of the -900. The Navy plans to acquire up to 108 P-8As which will replace the P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft from 2013 onwards. Today’s initial ‘positioning’ flight of the P-8A, originally scheduled for March 2009, marks only the start of functional check out flight tests. The formal evaluations begin in September with a ferry flight to the US Navy’s Patuxent River flight test center in Maryland where the main test campaign will be conducted. Some details of today’s flight timeline and a photo of T-1 lifting off can be found on Flightblogger.
737 with an attitude. The P-8A - coming to a patrol area near you soon. (Credit: Boeing)
Tags: ar99, Boeing, P-8A, Poseidon, USNavy