Work will be performed in Villaroche, France; Durham, North Carolina; Singapore and Bromont, Canada. The work is expected to be completed by Sep. 2019. Navy fiscal 2017 and 2018 aircraft procurement and foreign cooperative project funds in the amount of $80 million will be obligated at time of award.
The contract combines purchases for the Navy of $67.1 million and $12.9 million for the government of Australia.
The P-8 Poseidon is a maritime intelligence, reconnaissance and anti-submarine aircraft used by the U.S. and Indian navies and the Royal Australian Air Force. It is replacing the older P-3 Orion series of patrol and anti-submarine aircraft. Based off the Boeing 737.
it has a crew of nine and a flight radius of 1400 miles including four hours on patrol station.
It carries passive sonar systems through sunnyboys, synthetic aperture radar, high resolution optical/infrared sensors and a magnetic anomaly detector to locate enemy submarines by the magnetic field generated by their metallic hulls.
It can be armed with torpedoes and missiles for anti-submarine and anti-surface ship warfare.
50 Poseidons are currently in U.S. service with future deliveries expected to bring the fleet to 109. Alongside the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial vehicle it will form the backbone of the U.S. Navy's long-range maritime patrol force.
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