Norway Receives First Boeing P-8A Poseidon Aircraft

This is the first of five P-8 aircraft ordered by Norway and the 142nd delivered to customers worldwide for anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations By DA Staff / 24 Nov 2021

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The Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) has received the first of five Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft that will be operated by the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF). 

The P-8 is a long-range anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft capable of broad-area, maritime and littoral operations. It can also perform humanitarian and search and rescue missions.

“Norway is responsible for large maritime areas in a strategically important part of the world, and the new P-8A Poseidon will represent a tremendous improvement in our ability to both protect our sovereignty and understand developments in these areas. [The] delivery of our first P-8A is an important milestone in the modernization of Norway’s maritime patrol aircraft capability,” said Mette Sørfonden, director general of the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency.  

“I’m very pleased that the NDMA will soon be able to provide the Norwegian Armed Forces with a whole new generation of aircraft that will play an important role in preserving our national security for many years to come.”

Norway’s first P-8A aircraft, known as Vingtor, was delivered to the NDMA during a ceremony at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington, U.S. 

This milestone comes four years after the NDMA entered into an agreement with the U.S. Navy for the P-8A, and two years before the new aircraft are scheduled to begin taking over maritime patrol duties in Norway’s high north.

“We’re honored to provide this unmatched, multimission maritime patrol capability to Norway,” said Stu Voboril, vice president and program manager, P-8 Programs. 

“Norway joins seven other global customers that have selected or already operate the P-8 and benefit greatly from its long-range maritime surveillance and anti-submarine warfare capabilities. We look forward to enhancing our continued and enduring partnership with the U.S. Navy and the Royal Norwegian Air Force, and supporting the future fleet’s sustainment and training needs.” 

Norway’s four remaining aircraft are all in advanced stages of production and will be delivered to the NDMA in 2022. The five P-8As will replace the RNoAF current fleet of six P-3 Orions and two DA-20 Jet Falcons and will be operated by 333 Squadron at Evenes Air Station.

Norwegian companies Nammo, Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, Andoya Space and Berget currently have agreements with Boeing that are part of a tailored industrial cooperation plan related to Norway’s acquisition of five P-8A aircraft. Boeing continues to work with the NDMA and Norwegian industry to expand that plan and support economic growth throughout Norway. 

The delivery to Norway also marks the 142nd P-8 aircraft delivered to global customers. Current operators of the aircraft are the U.S. Navy, the Royal Australian Air Force, the Indian Navy and the British Royal Air Force. New Zealand, South Korea and Germany will receive their first aircraft deliveries in 2022, 2023 and 2024 respectively.

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