Dubai 2015: Global targets for Boeing MSA
Boeing is looking to market its maritime surveillance aircraft (MSA) demonstrator to markets across the world, both for sea-focused requirements and land surveillance, as it makes its presence felt at the Dubai Air Show.
The aircraft is a development of the Bombardier Challenger 604 business jet with a number of alterations and added systems from its larger cousin in the Boeing family, the P-8 Poseidon.
Speaking to Shephard on 8 November, Robert Schoeffling, senior manager of business development at Boeing Military Aircraft, said the MSA could be considered a ‘P-8 light’ for customers who wanted many of the
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