Britain to buy 9 P-8s; upgrade Eurofighers with AESA radars

The British Prime Minister’s Office has announced the decision to buy 9 Boeing P-8 maritime patrol aircraft. The Eurofighter fleet will be upgraded with AESA radars too.

Flickr - Official U.S. Navy Imagery - A P-8A Poseidon conducts flyovers above the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group during exercise Bold Alligator 2012.
By Official Navy Page from United States of America MC3 Daniel J. Meshel/U.S. Navy [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

British Prime Minister David Cameron will make the announcements when he unveils the Government’s five year National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security review in the House of Commons later today.

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