Saturday 2 December 2023
Canada is purchasing 14 P-8A Poseidon aircraft for the Royal Canadian Air Force
Tuesday 12 September 2023
RAF conducts torpedo training off the coast of Scotland
An RAF Poseidon crewed by 120 Squadron has been conducting torpedo training in the Moray Firth.
Wing Commander Livesey, Officer Commanding 120 Squadron said: “Dropping a torpedo from Poseidon is a complex task which requires support across a large team. As we continue to grow the Poseidon Force, we will routinely undertake events such as these, to improve the lethality of Poseidon, enabled by those across the Whole Force at RAF Lossiemouth and beyond”.
Friday 1 September 2023
RAF's P8 Poseidon aircraft playing a crucial role in protecting the North Sea from Russian navy ships
P8 Poseidon operations in August 2023
"This has been a very busy period for the team from across Poseidon and RAF Lossiemouth, once again generating live operations from UK soil. I am immensely proud of how they all stepped up to the task and just delivered in a highly professional way. The deterrence we have enabled in recent days is important to the UK and NATO, with this a key reason for why Poseidon hold operational readiness 365 days a year."Wing Commander LiveseyOfficer Commanding 120 Squadron

Monday 6 March 2023
RAF Lossiemouth Poseidons arrive in Sicily for NATO Exercise DYNAMIC MANTA

Tuesday 13 December 2022
Boeing delivers first P-8A Poseidon to Royal New Zealand Air Force
Last week New Zealand received the first of four Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft direct from the manufacturer during a ceremony at the Museum of Flight.
Tuesday 12 July 2022
Boeing Delivers 150th P-8 Maritime Patrol Aircraft
First deliveries to New Zealand, Korea and Germany are scheduled for 2022, 2023 and 2024 respectively.
Wednesday 6 July 2022
Boeing, ESG and Lufthansa Technik Expand Partnership to Support German P-8A Poseidon Fleet
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Monday 6 June 2022
Boeing teams up with local aviation industry to promote P-8A Poseidon for the Canadian Multi-Mission Aircraft (CMMA) requirements....
industry through a 100% Industrial and Technical Benefits commitment if awarded the CMMA contract.”

Wednesday 11 August 2021
Norway’s First P-8A Poseidon Performs Maiden Fligh
The first of five Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft for Norway performed its maiden flight yesterday, Aug. 9. The aircraft took off at 10:03 a.m. Pacific time and flew for 2 hours, 24 minutes, reaching a maximum altitude of 41,000 feet during the flight from Renton Municipal Airport to Boeing Field in Seattle.
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Thursday 15 July 2021
Indian Navy gets its 10th Boeing P-8I Poseidon
The Indian Navy’s long-range maritime reconnaissance anti-submarine warfare capabilities have been extended with the delivery of the country’s 10th P-8I Poseidon aircraft in recent days.
Friday 9 July 2021
£230m boost for RAF submarine-hunter fleet
A contract worth over £230 million for the RAF’s Poseidon Maritime Aircraft fleet has been signed with Boeing Defence UK (BDUK) creating more than 150 UK jobs.
Specialising in anti-submarine warfare, the Poseidon (P-8A) is the RAF’s multi-role maritime patrol aircraft. Working alongside the Royal Navy and close maritime allies such as the United States and Norway, Poseidon locates, identifies and tracks potentially hostile submarines operating around UK waters.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said:
"Our new Poseidon fleet continues to grow from strength to strength and is already defending the UK’s maritime interests at home and abroad.
This contract with Boeing Defence UK secures our critical submarine-hunting aircraft capabilities whilst also creating a home-grown training enterprise and creating over 150 British jobs."
Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said:
"This contract award and the creation of more than 100 jobs at RAF Lossiemouth is another great example of the benefits UK defence investment brings to Scotland.
The Moray station’s fleet of Poseidon submarine hunting aircraft are vital to maintaining the security of the UK and our NATO allies. And the prosperity generated by defence employment in Scotland, alongside the UK Government’s Plan for Jobs, will help us build back better from the pandemic."
This latest contract builds on the £470 million investment that the Poseidon programme has already driven to RAF Lossiemouth and the local area, creating and sustaining jobs and boosting the local economy.
The Poseidon fleet is operated from a new £100 million facility at RAF Lossiemouth, opened in September 2020. Over 300 jobs were supported during the facility’s construction. The facility has a three-bay hangar, accommodation for squadrons, training, mission support and two state-of-the art flight simulators.
RAF Lossiemouth has also undergone a £75 million upgrade to the runway and other operating surfaces. It will be the future home of the UK’s fleet of Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning surveillance aircraft, Scotland’s crucial role in UK and NATO defence and security.
Nine Poseidon, based on the Boeing 737-800, have already been ordered from Boeing by the UK. Five aircraft named the ‘Pride of Moray’, ‘City of Elgin’, ‘Terence Bulloch’, ‘Spirit of Reykjavik’ and ‘Fulmar’ are all now operating out of Lossiemouth, with four more to come later this year.
The new investment in the Poseidon fleet is supported by the £24 billion increase to defence spending over the next four years and will ensure the aircraft can continue to undertake its vital role in securing our seas and combating rapidly evolving threats.
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Saturday 3 July 2021
Germany agrees to buy 5 Boeing P-8A Poseidon Aircraft
Saturday 26 June 2021
Boeing, ESG and Lufthansa Technik Partner for Potential German P-8A Poseidon Fleet Support
Boeing signed agreements today with ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH and Lufthansa Technik that outline joint efforts to explore potential areas of collaboration in systems integration, training, support and sustainment work. The signed memorandum of understanding may lead to more definitive agreements should Germany select the P-8A Poseidon as its next maritime surveillance aircraft.

Wednesday 12 May 2021
Sixth RAF Poseidon named Guernsey's Reply

Thursday 1 April 2021
The U.S. navy orders more 11 P-8A Poseidon spy aircraft from Boeing.
The U.S. Navy has put in a $1.6 billion production contract to Boeing for the next 11 P-8A Poseidon spy aircraft. Nine aircraft will join the U.S. Navy fleet and two will go to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), a cooperative partner in the P-8A joint programme since 2009. The contract brings the total number of U.S. Navy P-8A aircraft under contract to 128 and the RAAF total to 14.

Wednesday 24 March 2021
Royal Air Force plans more F35 aircraft as part of Integrated Review
The UK's Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has described the plans for the UK's Royal Air Force during his announcement of the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy. The review sees an increase in the F35 fleet size as well as retiring older types of aircraft such as the old, yet reliable C130 Hercules and E3D Sentry early warning plane.
Thursday 19 November 2020
Indian Navy gets its 9th Boeing P-8I patrol aircraft
Boeing has delivered the 9th P-8I patrol aircraft to the Indian Navy this week, to help with long-range maritime reconnaissance anti-submarine warfare capabilities. The ninth P-8I is the first aircraft to be delivered under an option contract for four additional aircraft that the Indian Ministry of Defence placed in 2016. The Indian Navy was the first and is the largest international customer for the P-8 and recently completed seven years of operating the fleet. In addition to maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare capabilities, P-8I have been deployed to assist during disaster relief and humanitarian missions.

Tuesday 3 November 2020
Fourth RAF Poseidon MRA1 maritime patrol aircraft named
The fourth Royal Air Force Poseidon MRA1 maritime patrol aircraft, which will arrive at RAF Lossiemouth tomorrow, has been named Spirit of Reykjavik in honour of the role played by the Icelandic capital and its people in enabling the Allied victory during the Battle of the Atlantic.
During World War II a lack of range prevented RAF Coastal Command aircraft and crews from covering the North Atlantic ocean from their stations in the UK. In the area they couldn’t patrol, wolf packs of German U-boat submarines wreaked havoc on the Allied ships bringing essential food and supplies to the UK, without it could not have carried on the war effort. The introduction of the long-range B-24 Liberator bomber and a new airfield, seaplane base and refuelling port at Reykjavik which extended the range of RAF aircraft and Royal Navy escort vessels, had almost immediate effect as the German submariners lost their immunity from air attack in the North Atlantic air gap.


Thursday 13 August 2020
RAF Jet set to English Channel to support Border Force.

Wednesday 12 August 2020
P-8 Poseidon aircraft to support Border Force operations in the Channel
