Singapore P-8A buy integral to future maritime domain awareness network
Singapore’s P-8 procurement could also lead to increased interoperability with partners, including Australia. (Photo: Australian Defence Force)
Singapore’s acquisition of the Boeing P-8A Poseidon will be part of a maritime domain awareness network that could include uncrewed aerial systems.
Singapore confirmed plans to acquire four Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) on 10 September, during an official visit to the US by Defence Minister Chan Chun Sing.
Chan provided additional details on 12 September following a visit to Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, where the Singapore Armed Forces is conducting Exercise Forging Sabre 2025 – its biennial integrated sense-and-strike exercise.
He confirmed that the aircraft will be inducted into service in the “early 2030s” and that there will be “different platforms with different capabilities” augmenting the P-8As “to provide an enhanced maritime situational awareness on the maritime security domain”.
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