Ninth Poseidon delivered to Indian Navy

On 18 November 2020, India's ninth Boeing P-8I Poseidon arrived in the country. The aircraft, serial IN328 and coded DAB, is the first aircraft for Indian Naval Air Squadron 316 The Condors based at Goa/Dabolim also known as INS Hansa.

This unit, until now operating the Ilyushin Il-38SD, will transfer to the Boeing P-8I in the coming period.

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 patrol aircraft is an integral part of the Indian Navy’s fleet and has surpassed 25,000 flight hours since it was inducted in May 2013.

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