CP8A Poseidon fleet is taking shape

The first Canadian Multi‑Mission Aircraft, CP8A POSEIDON, reached its first production milestone: joining the fuselage with major sections and forming its core body.

The CP-8A Poseidon is the only multi-mission aircraft currently in service and in production that is able to meet Canadian Multi-Mission Aircraft (CMMA) requirements with its advanced anti-submarine warfare (ASW), anti-surface warfare (ASuW), and intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities – in addition to search and rescue and humanitarian assistance/disaster relief response.

READ: COVER STORY – P-8 Poseidon

The P-8A offers a mature, proven, cost effective solution for rapidly delivering capability to secure Canada’s northern and maritime approaches and ensure NATO, Allied, and coalition tactical and logistical interoperability.

Canada will replace its legacy CP-140 Aurora fleet with the P-8A Poseidon for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF).

The P-8A Poseidon is a military derivative of the Boeing 737 Next Generation commercial airliner. Boeing uses a first-in-industry in-line production system to produce the P-8, leveraging the best of Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Boeing Defense for development and production, and the power of Boeing Global Services for sustainment.

READ: Boeing Awarded $3.4 Billion Contract for 17 P-8A Poseidon Aircraft