New Zealand seeking to buy four P-8As

The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency has notified Congress on the potential sale of four Boeing P-8A maritime patrol aircraft to New Zealand on Apr. 27.

P-8A of VP-5 over the Philippine Sea in September 2014
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua Hammond [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The estimated cost is $1.46 billion.

It was previously reported that Japan was keen to sell its P-1 to New Zealand as the replacement for New Zealand’s P-3Ks.