RANGE OF SUCCESS Teamwork key to successful P-8I flight-test program By Chick Ramey Whether performing test flights over a U.S. Navy range west of Neah Bay in Washington state or dropping inert weapons at a range near Yuma, Ariz., the P-8I maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine aircraft has proved ready to tackle its next mission—with the Indian Navy. Boeing is working hard to ensure the P-8I meets the Indian customer’s requirements and recently completed its P-8I flight-test program. “The Indian Navy can’t wait to receive its first three aircraft this year,” said P-8I Program Manager Leland Wight. The success of the flight-test program, which was completed in February, was a total team effort, he added. “The ‘One Boeing’ team is really at the top of its game on this program,” Wight said. “Our Military Aircraft and Commercial Airplanes people have come together to design and build a fabulous plane for both the U.S. and Indian navies.” Wight also lauded the job done by the Boeing Test & Evaluation team when the P-8I flight-test program got under way in July 2012. Boeing developed the P-8A Poseidon, a military derivative of the Next-Generation 737-800 commercial jetliner, for the U.S. Navy as a replace- 12 BOEING FRONTIERS / APRIL 2013 PHOTO: A P-8I carries wing-mounted inert Harpoon missiles over the Pacific Northwest Cascades during flight test. JOHN PARKER/BOEING
Frontiers April 2013 Issue
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