The Bundeswehr's decision to procure the P-8A from Boeing has been a long time coming. Now the first co-operations are already forming. Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH (ESG) and Lufthansa Technik have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Americans to examine opportunities for co-operation in the areas of system integration, training, maintenance and overhaul. "Together with ESG and Lufthansa Technik, we will provide local and cost-effective support, training, maintenance and overhaul solutions that will enable the German Navy to achieve the highest operational availability to fulfil its missions," said Dr Michael Haidinger, President of Boeing Germany. ESG has been known to the German Armed Forces and naval aviators for years as a partner for system integration, aviation certification and communication systems. Lufthansa Technik is a subsidiary of the German aviation group. The maintenance company has been cooperating with manufacturer Boeing for more than six decades. It repairs and maintains not only Lufthansa aircraft worldwide, but also those of other airlines. In the military sector, it provides hardware support for the Italian Air Force's KC-767A tanker fleet.

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