Canada Secures Deal to Buy Boeing P-8A Poseidon Aircraft

The C$10.4 billion project aims to replace Canada's aging Aurora military surveillance fleet, with deliveries expected as early as autumn 2027.

Canada and the United States have reached a deal for Canada to buy up to 16 Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft as part of a C$10.4 billion ($7.7 billion) project to replace Canada's aging fleet of Aurora military surveillance planes.
The P-8A Poseidon is designed to find enemy ships and submarines using a suite of advanced electro-optical and acoustic sensors, radar and equipment like sonobuoys.
The decision ends months of speculation and follows a challenge from Canada's Bombardier, which wanted to compete with a missionized version of its Global 6500 jet.
Canada will procure 14 of 16 Poseidons approved for sale and keep the option open to buy two more. Deliveries of the aircraft are expected to be completed as early as autumn 2027, with full operational capability anticipated by 2033.
Boeing has said it will continue to make P-8s if there is 'sufficient demand to maintain efficient and safe production.' Excluding Canada, Boeing says the backlog for P-8 orders is 20 planes, with 183 on contract and 163 delivered.