French Navy Receives 18th and Final Upgraded ATL2 MPA
The French Defense Procurement Agency DGA handed over the eighteenth Atlantique 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) upgraded to standard 6 to the French Navy
The French Defense Procurement Agency DGA handed over the eighteenth Atlantique 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) upgraded to standard 6 to the French Navy
In the night of Wednesday and Thursday, a French Navy Atlantique 2 maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) was subject to jamming and was locked by the fire-control radar of a Russian S400 air defense system.
Thales is on course to begin low-rate initial production (LRIP) deliveries of its SonoFlash combined active/passive sonobuoy to France’s Direction générale de l’armement (DGA) early next year, company officials have told Naval News.

The French Defense Procurement Agency DGA took delivery of the eleventh Atlantique 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) upgraded to standard 6 on April 6, 2023.
The French DGA took delivery of the tenth Atlantique 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) upgraded to standard 6 on December 12, 2022.
The French Navy announced that its fleet of Atlantique 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) upgraded to standard 6 has achieved “Full Operational Capability” or FOC.

The French Defense Procurement Agency DGA took delivery of the eighth and ninth Atlantique 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) upgraded to standard 6 this month. The MPAs were delivered to the French Navy (Marine Nationale).
The seventh Atlantique 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) upgraded to standard 6 was delivered to the French Navy (Marine Nationale)…
The French DGA took delivery of the sixth Atlantique 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) upgraded to standard 6 on December 21, 2021, and delivered it to the French Navy…

The French Navy (Marine Nationale) announced that one of its Atlantique 2 (ATL2) Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) was targeted with a laser in Brittany, Western France. The aircraft used its own sensors to identify and locate the individual who was quickly arrested.