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Home» News»French Navy Receives Fifth Upgraded ATL 2 Maritime Patrol Aircraft
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French Navy Receives Fifth Upgraded ATL 2 Maritime Patrol Aircraft

The 5th ATL2 upgraded by Dassault Aviation, Thales and Naval Group was delivered by DGA to the French Navy (Marine Nationale) at the Lann-Bihoué naval air base on May 21.

Martin Manaranche 08 Jun 2021

As a reminder, two were delivered in 2019, one in 2020, and one last February. Another renovated ATL2 is scheduled for delivery at the end of the year.

The contract for the standard 6 upgrade was awarded by the french armament general directorate (DGA) on October 4, 2013. It covers a fleet of 18 aircraft. Dassault Aviation will deliver a further two upgraded ATL2s until 2023. In parallel, the SIAé aeronautical maintenance center will upgrade 11 aircraft.

La DGA a livré le 5ème ATL2 rénové au standard 6 à la @MarineNationale.
D’ici à 2024 la LPM 2019-2025 prévoit la rénovation de 18 ATL2, modernisés et équipés de nouvelles technologies #NotreDéfense

La suite ici ➡️ https://t.co/FEAqzDC3aH pic.twitter.com/wMqp1UVyjn

— Direction générale de l'armement (@DGA) June 7, 2021

The “Standard 6” upgrade work includes:

  • A new radar: The Thales Search Master with active antenna,
  • A new acoustic subsystem by Thales: It gathers and processes signals from the latest-generation of sonobuoys for submarine detection,
  • A new navigation console designed by Dassault Aviation,
  • New consoles for the tactical display subsystem, developed by SIAé

The upgrade work is performed by Dassault Aviation and Thales (co-contractors), in association with Naval Group and in cooperation with SIAé. Architect of the combat system, Dassault Aviation is as well responsible for development of the core system including LOTI[1] software designed by Naval Group. Dassault Aviation is also in charge of overall integration of all subsystems.

The new consoles. DGA picture.

All the specifications for this program were established using the PLM Systèmes tool as part of a Dassault Aviation-Thales-Naval Group-SIAé collaborative work platform installed at St-Cloud in the Dassault Aviation design office.

The standard 6 upgrade will improve the ATL2s’ capability to support the Strategic Oceanic Force, to deal with modern threats (future nuclear or conventional submarines, naval forces at sea, etc.) and to support air-land missions, until 2030.

France is one of the very few countries producing high-technology maritime patrol aircraft combining detection (optronics, radar, acoustics) with a variety of weapons (anti-ship missiles, torpedoes, laser-guided weapons).

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Posted by : Martin Manaranche
Martin Manaranche is based in Brittany, France. He is currently studying International Relations at Lyon III university. Martin conducted an internship at the French Navy's Ecole Navale in Brest and is therefore particularly fond of naval defense issues.

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