On December 22, 2022, the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) awarded Airbus Defense and Space and Dassault Aviation two study contracts for the architecture of a future maritime patrol aircraft (Patmar) based on the Airbus A320neo and Dassault Falcon 10X platforms.
Safran Electronics & Defense has signed a contract with Dassault Aviation to provide new generation Euroflir™410 optronic (electro-optical) systems for two different Falcon-based aircraft
Sabena technics has welcomed a first ATL2 maritime patrol aircraft, as part of the program designed to modernize the aircraft’s combat system to standard 6, the company said in a statement.
The French Navy will replace its ageing maritime surveillance aircraft with the new Falcon 2000 Albatros.
The "Albatros" Maritime Surveillance and Intervention Aircraft (AVSIMAR) will be based on the Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000LXS...
The future French-German MPA program will be launched in the coming weeks. The first phase of the studies will focus on the mission system...
The third Atlantique 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) 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.
The French Minister of the Armed Forces, Florence Parly, and her German and Spanish counterparts, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer and Ángel Olivares Ramírez on February 20 signed the Future Air Combat System (FCAS) agreements.
The first two ATL2 maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) upgraded by Dassault Aviation were delivered to the French Navy (Marine Nationale) at the Lann-Bihoué naval air base.
In October 2018, during the last edition of Euronaval, Dassault Aviation unveiled a scale model of what could become the Franco-German Future Combat Air System (FCAS) or Système de Combat Aérien Futur (SCAF). This first model displayed a tailless delta-winged aircraft clearly inspired by Dassault’s Rafale. Despite its presence in a naval exhibition, this plane soon raised questions about its ability to operate from an aircraft carrier, or even to act as an air superiority fighter.
