P8I aircraft
2021 MAY 4
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Why in news?
- USA has approved sale of six more P-8I maritime patrol aircraft for $2.42bn to India.
About the aircraft:
- P-8 is an anti-submarine warfare cum surveillance aircraft developed by Boeing.
- P-8I is a customized export variant of the P-8A (Used by the US Navy for surveillance and Anti-submarine warfare) for the Indian Navy.
- The P-8 is designed to conduct long-range anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.
- It has a bomb bay that can drop sonobuoys and torpedoes, as well as hardpoints on its wings for anti-ship missiles.
- The Indian navy has also used the aircraft to conduct search and rescue missions, including dropping a survival kit and inflatable life raft from the jet.
Prelims Question:
P-8I aircraft recently in news has been developed by:
(a)France
(b)United Kingdom
(c)United States of America
(d)Israel
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