It seems the German Kriegsmarine ended their P-3C Orion MPA Modernization Program.
That puts more euros behind a new European MPA program. Include Italian, Spanish and other air force as potential participants.
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news...g-alternative/
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news...g-alternative/
I guess for coastal, mediterranean requirements an ATR42, CN295 like platform would be a good, for longer range missions maybe something new.
If I had to configure a 2030-2060 atlantic MPA, it probably wouldn't look like a P3C, Atlantique, A320 or P8.
The technology & operational environment changed too much since the cold war.
Last edited by keesje; 2nd Jul 2020 at 15:30.