Germany signs for five P-8A Poseidons

摘要

THE GERMAN Ministry of Defense signed a letter of offer and acceptance on June 30 for five Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft under the US government's Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme. With this order, Germany becomes the eighth customer of the multi-mission maritime surveillance aircraft, joining the US, Australia, India, the UK, Norway, Korea and New Zealand. More than 130 aircraft are in service around the world, accumulating over 300,000 collective flight hours. Michael Haidinger, president of Boeing Germany, Central and Eastern Europe, Benelux and the Nordics, commented: "Bringing this capability to Germany is not possible without the contributions of German industry. With the P-8A, we will expand our collaboration with German companies,create new jobs and contribute to long-term local economic growth." German companies that already supply parts for the P-8A include Aljo Aluminum-Bau Jonischeit and Nord-Micro.