Germany, April 22 -- For the first time, the German Navy recently entrusted its new Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to Lufthansa Technik Defense for scheduled maintenance. This milestone was celebrated this Monday in Hamburg at a ceremony attended by the First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City and the Commander of German Naval Aviation. The first checks of the state-of-the-art submarine hunters mark a turning point for Lufthansa Technik: for the first time, the company is performing work on potentially armed aircraft. Already in mid-March, the second Poseidon delivered to the German Navy (tactical designation 63+02) arrived at Lufthansa Technik's base in Hamburg for a so-called 90-day check. Currently, the Navy's first airc...