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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

737 goes to war - the P-8A Poseidon

Another 737 assembly line is taking shape at Boeing's Renton, Washington plant. Line 3 will be similar to the other two already churning out almost 30 aircraft a month, except that the 737s inching down this moving line will be military - P-8A Poseidon multi-mission maritime aircraft for the US Navy.

Building a military derivative "in line" with the commercial 737 makes the P-8 different to any previous Boeing programme.

"No one has done this before," says P-8 programme manager Bob Feldman. "No one has cut into a commercial line to produce a military aircraft."

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