Boeing Launches Navy SIGINT 737

[PhilDernerJr]

The upcoming replacement for the EP3E has brought on the P-8A, which is a converted 737-800...

.....with raked wingtips!

http://www.dcmilitary.com/navy/tester/newspics/2318_p8ammanewwing1.jpg

Craziness.

[cancidas]

can't wait to see it fly!! boeing never fails in taking an already great looking airplane and making it look even better!! i wanna see raked wingtips on a CMF-equipped 707 though! (and a 757 while they're at it...)

[Tom_Turner]

Those 737s will look good, but I remember reading there were still some advantages to the Electras (Orions), but no *perfectly* suitable aircraft available.

Also had read someplace else, UK was offering part of their upgraded Nimrod fleet - probably would've been cheaper by some measure, and they're already mission adapted, but I guess the 737s are coming on-line now, so thats that.

Tom

[Midnight Mike]

The upcoming replacement for the EP3E has brought on the P-8A, which is a converted 737-800...

.....with raked wingtips!

http://www.dcmilitary.com/navy/tester/newspics/2318_p8ammanewwing1.jpg

Craziness.

Yep

737-800 fuselage, with the 737-900 wing.....

http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/mil ... index.html (http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/mma/index.html)

The P-8A Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) is a long-range anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance aircraft. It possesses an advanced mission system for maximum interoperability in battle space. Capable of broad-area, maritime, and littoral operations, the P-8A MMA is expected to influence how the U.S. Navy's maritime patrol and reconnaissance forces train, operate, and deploy.

[Matt Molnar]

The P-8A Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) is a long-range anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare...

Wait, so it has missiles/torpedoes/smart bombs on board?

[Midnight Mike]

The P-8A Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft (MMA) is a long-range anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare...

Wait, so it has missiles/torpedoes/smart bombs on board?

Yep, go here for more information:

http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/mil ... roduct.pdf (http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/mma/product.pdf)

There is a good photo with the weapons under the wing...

Weapons System:
Torpedoes
Naval Mines
Harpoon
SLAM-ER
Maverick follow-on
Depth bombs

If you want, I can mail you a product card.....

[Ari707]

I know a P-3 instructor pilot based in Maine, I will have to find out if he is involved with this.

[Midnight Mike]

I know a P-3 instructor pilot based in Maine, I will have to find out if he is involved with this.

I used to be a mechanic on the P-3, I am amazed that a 737 can replace the P-3. Somebody at Boeing spoke with me about it and how the 737 can do the job, and I was sold.....

[Ari707]

where were you based, he's been in Washington St. JAX and now Maine.

[Midnight Mike]

where were you based, he's been in Washington St. JAX and now Maine.

I was based in Agana Guam between 1987-1990, with detachments to Japan, Phillipines, Hong Kong, Korea, if he ask, tell him I was with VQ-1.....

[Ari707]

his name is Rex Curtin..

[Matt Molnar]

There is a good photo with the weapons under the wing...

Weapons System:
Torpedoes
Naval Mines
Harpoon
SLAM-ER
Maverick follow-on
Depth bombs

If you want, I can mail you a product card.....

Wow, that's by far the coolest 737 I've ever seen.