Dassault Falcon - French ISTAR and Maritime Platform

[RavenOne]

This year has seen the French DGA pick the Dassault Falcon X or 2000 series corporate jet as strategic ISTAR platform first of all in January for 3 airframes for the Army replacing the legacy Transall. This is in conjunction with Thales.

https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/grou...n-win-contract-frances-new-strategic-airborne




Today the Aeronavale picked the Falcon 2000 as platform for their Albatros Maritime Surveillance and Intervention Aircraft (AVSIMAR) program.

https://www.dassault-aviation.com/e...UahbGZLB1r66Xfg4rbLwFtOZGIKJuwf7IRfAP2u-RODR8

 

[Jason Dykstra (Wyvern)]

Is it known what weapons the Falcon 2000 AVISMAR can carry, if any?

 

[TomS]

Is it known what weapons the Falcon 2000 AVISMAR can carry, if any?

It's probably not armed -- it can drop SAR kits (packages with rafts, radios, etc.) marker bouys, etc. It replaces a bunch of SAR/EEZ surveillance aircraft currently in service, not for armed maritime patrol operations.

 

[windcalm]

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-new...lbatros-maritime-survaillance-aircraft-order/
France’s defense procurement agency (DGA) has ordered five additional Falcon 2000 Albatros aircraft under its AVSIMAR maritime surveillance program, increasing the total planned fleet to twelve.