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Saturday, April 21, 2012

US Navy to start P-8 operational tests in the summer

[P-8A Poseidon]The US Navy is set to start operational testing of the Boeing P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft this summer.

"What we're looking forward to this year, really, is our initial operational test and evaluation of the programme," says Captain Aaron Rondeau, the USN's Poseidon programme manager.

Those formal operational tests will start this summer and should take about six months, but could run through to the end of the year.

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