Canada finalizes $5.9 billion P-8 Poseidon deal

Canada finalizes $5.9 billion P-8 Poseidon deal
Canada finalizes $5.9 billion P-8 Poseidon deal

The first P-8A is expected in 2026, with all aircraft delivered “as early as fall 2027” and full operational capability online by 2033.

Leonardo’s New UAV Targets Pay-As-You-Go ISR Market

Leonardo’s New UAV Targets Pay-As-You-Go ISR Market
Leonardo’s New UAV Targets Pay-As-You-Go ISR Market

Fabrizio Boggiani, senior vice president of airborne marketing, says he sees “significant opportunities” for expanding Leonardo’s market share by selling mission packages to international institutions and countries who don’t “want to buy and own the asset, but want us to fly where they ask us to fly.”

NATO Not Ready As Russian Sub Threat Rises: CSIS

NATO Not Ready As Russian Sub Threat Rises: CSIS
NATO Not Ready As Russian Sub Threat Rises: CSIS

WASHINGTON: The balance of power underwater is shifting against the West, warns a new report from the Center for Strategic & International Studies. Both Russian and NATO capabilities cratered after the Cold War, but the Russian submarine fleet is clawing its way back — and we’re not ready to face it, CSIS says. The US,…

Navy’s P-8 Sub Hunter Bets On High Altitude, High Tech; Barf Bags Optional

The Navy’s jet-powered P-8 Poseidon patrol plane boasts plenty of advances over the P-3 Orion turboprops it will replace, but for the sensor operators the favorite feature will be very basic: They won’t throw up as much. The P-3’s notoriously rough ride at low altitudes and the gunpowder-like stench from the launch tube shooting sonar…