Indian Navy Receive by (P-8I) Maritime Patrol Aircraft.

Indian first P-8I maritime patrol aircraft in Seattle following the completion of assembly by Boeing. This is the first of eight aircraft Boeing will deliver for the Indian Navy under a contract signed in 2009.

According to Boeing, India will receive this aircraft and two more of its eight contracted P-8Is in 2013.


P-8I is a long-range anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft capable of broad-area, maritime and littoral operations.


Indian Navy is the first international customer for the P-8. Deliveries are scheduled to be complete by 2015.

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