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P-8A Poseidon

Navy multi-mission maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft for anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, built on the Boeing 737-800 airframe. Boeing Defense, Space and Security is the contractor. The aircraft reached initial operational capability in November 2013, and NAVAIR lists the program in full rate production.

ProductionU.S. NavyP-8AP-8PoseidonMulti-mission Maritime AircraftMMA

Contracts$39.80B obligated since FY2008

Contractors13

  1. Boeing$38.17B 96%
  2. RTX$735M 1.8%
  3. Lockheed Martin$474M 1.2%
  4. L3Harris Technologies$280M 0.7%
  5. BAE Systems$122M 0.3%
  6. Northrop Grumman$12.2M 0.0%
  7. Moog$1.0M 0.0%
  8. Honeywell International$1.0M 0.0%
  9. Teledyne Technologies$980K 0.0%
  10. Leonardo DRS$880K 0.0%
  11. Viasat$752K 0.0%
  12. Curtiss-Wright$620K 0.0%

Awards50

Obligations are signed USAspending prime-contract actions coded to this program, FY2008 to date, credited to the company that received each action. Obligations are money committed, not company revenue.