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Bundestag approves further funds for P-8A Poseidon MPA
P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft on land (German MoD image)

Bundestag approves additional funds for P-8A Poseidon MPA procurement

On 07 July 2022, the German Ministry of Defence announced that the German Bundestag had approved an additional budget for the procurement of new military equipment, including the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft.

Naval News Staff 11 Jul 2022

German MoD press release – Translated by Naval News

The Budget Committee has approved the necessary funding for the Eurofighter Typhoons. The budget also includes funding for the Boeing P-8A Poseidon, long-range maritime reconnaissance, and anti-submarine warfare aircraft – the successor to the P-3C Orion – as well as ammunition for the Leopard 2 main battle tank and clothing management.

The previously approved June 2021 procurement of five P-8A Poseidon aircraft as temporary replacements for the P-3C Orion will be increased. The Budget Committee has now approved additional funding for training and spare parts for the introduction of the new anti-submarine warfare and maritime patrol aircraft.

The German Navy currently deploys the P-3C Orion, which is scheduled to be retired in 2025, in the Mediterranean Sea as part of the EUNAVFOR MED Irini mission. To avoid a capability gap in long-range airborne anti-submarine warfare and long-range maritime reconnaissance, the five P-8A Poseidon aircraft from U.S. manufacturer Boeing are to step in as an interim solution from the end of 2024.

The German-French cooperation project Maritime Airborne Warfare System (MAWS) pursues the system-of-system approach in the long term.

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Boeing Announces Partners for Potential German P-8A Poseidon Fleet Support
Rendering of Germany’s P-8A Poseidon MPA. Boeing Defence picture.

The German Navy is expected to operate the Poseidon from late 2024 to 2035. In addition to the procurement already ordered through a Government Purchase Agreement with the U.S., the budget now approved includes some necessary additional services. As announced in June 2021, the original agreement includes flight crew and aircrew training, initial spares requirements, support services and future software updates. The additional funding has a volume of around €341.8 million.

In addition, the capability spectrum of the Eurofighter weapon system is to be expanded. To this end, the NATO management agency NETMA (NATO Eurofighter & Tornado Management Agency) has concluded a contract for a consolidation package with Eurofighter-Flugzeug GmbH on behalf of the German Armed Forces. The contract is worth 242 million euros.

Bundestag approves additional funds for P-8A Poseidon MPA procurement
Eurofighter aircraft (German MoD photo)

The package is intended to upgrade the Eurofighter’s armament, communications systems and friend-or-foe detection system. It also involves eliminating weaknesses in various systems on the fighter jet and expanding and meeting legal requirements. In addition, the multinational armaments project aims to create a common certification basis by bringing the various construction stages up to a uniform development standard.

The aim is to unify the rest of the development package in the Eurofighter program by mid-2022 at the latest. Overall, this will create the basis for future developments so that the Eurofighter can be in service by the mid-2050s.

Follow-up solution for clothing management

Another topic was the follow-up solution for Bundeswehr’s clothing management. Following the Defense Committee, the Budget Committee has also approved a contract worth around 6.89 billion euros. This means that GmbH will remain a wholly-owned company that supplies soldiers and civilian personnel with clothing and personal equipment.

Continuation in an optimized form means that the services provided so far are continued without interruption. In addition, the basis for the early procurement of new protective vest systems, combat clothing, combat helmets, and rucksacks with a total volume of around €2.4 billion remains in place. The current schedule calls for these items to be procured by 2031. By the end of 2025, enough material is to be delivered to ensure that the active force is fully equipped.

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Boeing Awarded Contract for Five P-8A Aircraft for Germany
Artist impression: P-8A of the German Navy. Boeing image.

The German Ministry of Defense signed a letter of offer and acceptance for five Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft under the U.S. government’s Foreign Military Sales (FMS) process in July 2021. Boeing received the contract one month later. Officially, these aircraft are an “interim solution”.

The impact of this Poseidon procurement on the Franco-German MAWS program is anyone’s guess. Officially, Germany wants to keep on working with France on the program. According to our information however, the German Navy need for MAWS aircraft is for the early 2040ies. That’s much later than the French Need to replace ATL2 maritime patrol aircraft in the early 2030ies. France’s Dassault Aviation is said to be working on an alternative to MAWS based on the Falcon 10X long range business jet.

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