Germany orders five P-8A Poseidons

Germany’s Bundesministerium der Verteidigung (BMVg, German Federal Ministry of Defence) signed a letter of offer and acceptance (LOA) on June 30 for the purchase of five Boeing P-8A Poseidons through the US government’s Foreign Military Sales programme. The order follows US State Department approval for the German acquisition of five examples of the multi-mission maritime surveillance aircraft, which had been announced by the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) on March 12. Germany’s Bundestag had then approved the purchase a