At Boeing’s P-8I Line

Just took this picture of the 2nd P-8I at the Boeing Field facility in Seattle. Had a nice tour of the jet (this airframe joined flight-testing recently). Lots of fresh information about the Indian platform — will update tonight.

10 thoughts on “At Boeing’s P-8I Line”

  1. Shiv,
    You are doing a very good job.
    Can you please check following queries from Boeing Officials??

    1.If P-8I will have Air-To-Air fueling probe ?

    2.If P8-I will be able to detect latest generation SSBNs like US's Ohio class,Russia's Borei class and similar class of UK and France in real operational scenarios ?

    3.Why India selected Telephonics Corporation's AN/APS-143Cv3 OceanEye Multi-Mode Radar as the P-8I’s aft radar instead of Raytheon’s (world leader in Radar technologies and advanced sensors) AN/APS-143 SeaVue (which is being fitted on US's version of P-8A?
    Was AN/APS-143 SeaVue denied to India by US administration ?

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  2. Looking forward to more updates from your visit Shiv, thanks a lot for sharing the info. Particularly interested in reading about the weapons capability of the P-8I.

  3. [email protected]: Nope, this is the 2nd. It made its flight from the Renton site to Boeing Field, the mission installation and checkout facility.

    @Indian: 1. (Check the new post, it answers this question!). 2. Apparently so. 3. The P-8A doesn't have an aft radar.

  4. Thanks Shiv,
    Thanks a lot Shiv for your reply and detailed post on P-8I.
    Have another query though…Why India needed a Telephonics APS-143 OceanEye aft Radar on P-8I (as you also replied US P-8A does not have one)….especially when P-8A and P-8I ALREADY has more CAPABLE and HEAVY AN/APY-10 radar ON IT'S NOSE,than Telephonics APS-143 OceanEye(Usually fitted on Coast Guard/Lighter Maritime Surveillance Platforms)?

    PN-Indian version is a customized version of AN/APY-10 with Weather Mode and Air-Air Mode added,which needed changes in the Original Antenna and also different Signal and Data processors than of Original APY-10 fitted in US Navy version.

    Thanks..and have a great day!

  5. Shiv,
    Sorry to ask this again and bother you. Why have they painted the nose cone black? Now she looks like a Cold War Grandma! Shiv, I know you are busy, but please answer this question. The nose has been bugging me ever since I saw it for the first time on LIVEFIST! HELP!

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