SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Boeing announced on Monday that it has awarded Lufthansa Technik a contract for sustainment services within its support of the Royal New Zealand Air Force's (RNZAF) future fleet of four P-8A aircraft.
The contract is for provision of Lufthansa Technik's Total Component Support (TCS), a comprehensive component services program for the 737 covering more than 400 commercial common parts included in the configuration of the P-8A, a military derivative of the popular airliner.
Leveraging the 737 commercial market in support of P-8A international customers will allow smaller fleets easier access to necessary global supply chain inventory from the more than 4,000 737 aircraft operating today, Boeing said.
"Our collaboration with Lufthansa Technik is a strong example of how industry can work together to solve customer challenges and maintain high readiness rates," said Torbjorn (Turbo) Sjogren, Boeing vice president and general manager of Government Services. "Our goal is to expand service offerings from a strategic German industry partner for additional P-8A customers to benefit."
Under Boeing's Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) program, Lufthansa Technik also provides hardware support to the Italian fleet of Boeing KC-767A tankers.
In July 2018, the government of New Zealand announced the purchase of four P-8A Poseidon aircraft to replace their aging fleet of P-3K2 maritime patrol aircraft. The first P-8A to New Zealand was delivered in December 2022, with three remaining aircraft to be delivered in 2023, according to Boeing.
