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Navy to get four more P-8I aircraft from May
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- The Navy will start receiving four more P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance Anti-Submarine Warfare aircraft from Boeing from May and the process will be completed by January 2022.
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- More about P-8I
(1) The P-8I is a long-range anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft.
(2) The P-8I is a variant of the P-8A Poseidon that Boeing is developing for the US Navy.
(3) It is capable of broad area, maritime and littoral operations.
(4) It is equipped with the sophisticated Harpoon missiles, lightweight torpedoes and rockets.
Source
The Hindu