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Euronaval 2010: French Atlantiques to be given new lease of life

28th October 2010 - 14:34 GMT | by Tony Osborne in Le Bourget

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The French Navy's fleet of Atlantique 2 maritime patrol aircraft may soon be given a systems upgrade to prepare them for service up to 2030.

Dassault is hopeful of a contract from the French defence procurement agency, the DGA, before the end of the year to upgrade the tactical systems on the 22 examples currently operated by the French Fleet Air Arm.

One example is already undergoing a cockpit avionics upgrade that is dubbed Standard 5, which will allow the aircraft to comply with ICAO navigation standards equipping the aircraft with GPS. Also installed are a new flight management system

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Tony Osborne

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Tony was deputy editor of Defence Helicopter and Rotorhub magazines before joining Aviation Week in …

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