Nova welcomes P8-A Poseidon to new home in New Zealand

Nova Systems has congratulated the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) on the formal opening of the P-8A Poseidon Hanger and Mission Building after involvement in the P8- A Project Team for over five years. A ceremony hosted by the Judith Collins, New Zealand’s Defence Minister, marked the official opening for the No. 5 Squadron of their new Hangar and Mission Building giving the P8- A a permanent home. The Nova team has been embedded into the Manataū Kaupapa Waonga: NZ Defence’s Integrated Project Team, supporting the Test and Evaluation program working alongside the operating squadron within the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), working with the Defence Aviation Authority and other NZDF units on Design Acceptance, Logistics and Continuing Airworthiness and Capability Integration. “Nova Systems has been proud to play an essential role in the staged capability release, navigating aircraft certification, airworthiness and Capability release processes as the first aircraft to be evaluated against the NZDF’s new airworthiness regulatory framework,” said Peter Johnson, Nova Systems New Zealand Director Aerospace and Capability Integration Lead. “Congratulations to the RNZAF and the NZDF on yet another milestone achieved on the P8-A.” The P8-A Poseidon provides an incredible depth of capability for New Zealand and our work in New Zealand highlights our global offering and expertise working on the P8 platform, in Australia, where RNZAF personnel trained as part of bringing this capability online in NZ – just another example of the trans-Tasman cooperation in full effect. For Editorial Inquiries Contact: Editor Kym Bergmann at [email protected] For Advertising Inquiries Contact: Group Sales Director Simon Hadfield at [email protected]