par Poncho (Admin) Mar 18 Juin 2013 - 22:47
Nouvelle jeunesse pour l'Atlantique 2, rénovation complète de 18 avions à priori
“As we see in Mali, it is a useful to have some multipurpose assets,” Laurent Collet-Billon, head of French procurement agency DGA, says of the ATL 2. “It is like a Swiss [army] knife.”
The French navy maintains 22 ATL 2s, 18 of which are slated to get a complete overhaul, with new radar, antisubmarine systems, sonars, sonobuoys and optical systems. Plans to upgrade the ATL 2 fleet have been in the works for more than four years but have been stalled due in part to a shortage of funding. The goal of the upgrade, which Thales expects to be centered on its Amascos maritime mission system, is to extend service life past 2030.
Thales says Amascos is fully operational, having matured since the company agreed in 2004 to supply Turkey with new maritime surveillance and patrol aircraft under the Meltem II program. The program has suffered a series of delays, though under the agreement Thales has delivered three modified CASA CN-235 transport aircraft to the Turkish Coast Guard for maritime surveillance. Another six aircraft modified for maritime patrol missions are in final qualification for the Turkish navy, with deliveries to begin in the second half of this year through early 2014.
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_06_18_2013_p0-589406.xml
Bien lancé j'ai trouvé d'autres liens
Celui là est super complet
http://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/modernisation-des-atlantique-2-les-industriels-ont-remis-leur-copie
Belle machine, belle souplesse, belle allonge : 18h