The French Protection Procurement Company (Route générale de l’armement; DGA) took supply of two Dassault Atlantique 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol plane (MPA) upgraded to plain 6 this month. The maritime patrol aircrafts had been then delivered to the French Navy (Marine Nationale) on the Lann-Bihoué naval air base. Naval News reported that the modernization of the eighth plane was executed by Sabena, appearing as subcontractor to Dassault Aviation. It was delivered on 13 July. The ninth plane which was delivered on 21 July was modernized by the SIAé aeronautical upkeep heart. A complete of 18 ATL2s are set to be upgraded and delivered to the French Navy by 2024.
The Breguet Br.1150 Atlantic is a long-range maritime patrol plane designed and manufactured by French plane producer Breguet Aviation. The Atlantic has been operated by numerous nations, generally performing maritime roles akin to reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare. The Atlantic can be able to carrying air-to-ground munitions to carry out ground-attack missions; a small variety of plane had been additionally outfitted to carry out ELINT operations. An up to date model, the Atlantique 2 or ATL2, was produced by Dassault Aviation for the French Navy within the Eighties. Different operators of the Atlantic have included the German Navy, the Italian Air Drive, the Pakistan Navy, and the Royal Netherlands Navy.
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The Atlantic is a twin-engined, mid-winged monoplane with a “double-bubble” fuselage; the higher lobe comprising a pressurised crew compartment, and the decrease lobe housing a 9 m (27 ft 6 in) lengthy weapons bay, with sonobuoy tubes aft of the weapons bay. A radar scanner is housed in a retractable underfuselage radome, whereas a magnetic anomaly detector is housed in a tail growth. It’s powered by a pair of Rolls-Royce Tyne turboprop engines. The Atlantic can carry both eight guided ASW torpedoes akin to Mk 46 Torpedo, or 12 depth prices, or two AM.39 Exocet anti-ship missiles in its inner bomb bay. German Atlantics normally carried Mk 46s solely and flew unarmed over the past years of their service. Italian Atlantics have been periodically armed with NATO-provided nuclear bombs.
In French service, 18 modernised Atlantique ATL2 are being outfitted with varied new avionics and onboard sensors. The final main factor of the Commonplace 6 improve is:
New radar Thales Searchmaster Energetic Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar.
New Thales acoustic subsystem to assemble and course of indicators from the newest era air-dropped sonobuoys for submarine detection.
New navigation console designed by Dassault Aviation
New consoles for the tactical show subsystem developed by the French military, “SIAé”.
The Wescam MX-20 electro-optical (EO) turret built-in into the fight system.
