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2021

21 April

Norway’s first P-8A Poseidon aircraft arrives by rail car in Renton, Washington, ready for final assembly.

First P-8A fuselage for Norway joins the production line

Norway is expected to receive its first P-8 later this year. In total, five P-8s will eventually replace Norway's current fleet of six P-3 Orions and three Falcon 20s. The first fuselage has arrived in Renton.

2014

29 September

ReleaseBoeing to consolidate defense services and support work in Oklahoma City and St. Louis

2012

11 July

ReleaseBoeing P-8I begins flight test program

2011

29 September

ReleaseBoeing P-8I aircraft completes 1st flight

19 July

ReleaseBoeing P-8A Poseidon production aircraft completes 1st flight

21 June

ReleaseBoeing begins final assembly of India's 1st P-8I aircraft

9 March

ReleaseBoeing begins final assembly of 1st P-8A Poseidon production aircraft

21 January

ReleaseBoeing confirms P-8A Poseidon airframe's structural integrity with full scale static tests

2010

7 December

ReleaseBoeing team begins building Indian Navy's 1st P-8I aircraft

12 November

ReleaseBoeing opens new P-8 production facility in Seattle

2 August

ReleaseBoeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft T3 enters flight test

26 July

ReleaseBoeing completes Final Design Review for P-8I

11 June

ReleaseBoeing P-8A Poseidon completes 1st in-flight test of mission systems

22 February

ReleaseBoeing completes Phase 2 of Turkish industrial participation program

15 February

ReleaseBoeing completes P-8A weapons ground vibration tests

11 February

ReleaseBoeing teams with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for P-8I weapons bay doors

2009

16 December

ReleaseCalifornia's Tuffer Manufacturing Co. selected by Boeing to support its aerial refueling tanker team

2 December

ReleaseBoeing team installs radar antenna on P-8A Poseidon

9 November

ReleaseBoeing completes key tests of self-protection system aboard Australian Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft

13 October

ReleaseParvus to supply display systems for P-8A Poseidon

31 July

ReleaseRaytheon secures prime development contract for Advanced Airborne Sensor

30 July

ReleaseBoeing rolls out US Navy's P-8A Poseidon

15 June

ReleaseGE qualifies and delivers Boeing P-8A Poseidon systems

5 June

ReleaseBoeing P-8A Poseidon T2 successfully completes 1st flight

27 April

ReleaseBoeing P-8A Poseidon successfully completes 1st flight

2008

7 November

ReleaseCFM56-7B receives joint FAA / EASA certification for P-8A Poseidon

16 July

ReleaseCFM56-7B powerplant for P-8A Poseidon on schedule for September certification

3 April

ReleaseBoeing begins final assembly of 1st P-8A Poseidon

2006

25 August