Maritime Patrol Aircraft
(asked on 26th November 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria his Department used to procure the Boeing P8 Maritime Patrol Aircraft fleet.
This question was answered on 3rd December 2015
As with any acquisition programme, the Boeing P-8A - along with a number of other potential platforms - was assessed against the system's ability to meet the Department's Key User Requirements, using a combination of scientific, technical and operational analysis, as well as industry's ability to deliver the programme in a timely and cost-effective manner, to meet the capability need within budget.