Airbus Defense and Space has begun a risk-assessment study for France’s future maritime patrol aircraft (MPA), to be based on an Airbus A321 airliner platform. Billed as a “flying frigate” by the ...
After many years of special mission A320 proposals, a contract has been signed between Airbus and the French Defense Procurement Agency to assess an A321 ...
The French Navy's Patmar (Patrouille Maritime) programme to replace its Dassault Atlantique 2 maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) in the 2030s has taken another step ...
Airbus has been awarded a two-year study contract to advance work on a maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) derivative of the ...
French aircraft manufacturer Airbus is working on a new maritime patrol plane based on the A321XLR to serve the needs of the ...
Airbus states the A321MPA will be designed to be equipped with a full range of sensors for maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare, while the payload bay will be able to carry torpedoes and ...
Airbus has signed a two-year study contract with the French Defence Procurement Agency (Direction Générale de l'Armement: DGA ...
French navy supply ship Jacques Chevallier arrives ... with its French counterpart for exercise Rastaban. Up to three Dassault Rafale aircraft deployed to Darwin skies from the Charles de Gaulle ...
Targeting French patrol craft that were in international waters seems like an aggressive action. But Moscow would likely claim this was self-defense.