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Friday, September 13, 2013

Boeing Targets Jet Against Airbus Prop for U.K. Sub-Hunter Plane

P-8A PoseidonBoeing Co. is pitching its P-8 maritime-patrol aircraft to the U.K. as Airbus SAS promotes an offshoot of its C-295 turbo-propeller transport plane to meet a British aerial submarine-hunting requirement.

“Looking at the strategic needs of the U.K., we think the P-8 is a natural fit,” said Egan Greenstein, director of business development for the Boeing plane, which is based on the commercial 737 airliner. The U.S. and India are already customers for the maritime surveillance version.

The U.K. has a gap in airborne submarine hunting. It canceled the BAE Systems Plc Nimrod MRA4 program in its 2010 defense review after years of delay and cost overruns. The defense ministry has been assessing alternatives in recent months to address capability shortfalls.

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