The Falcon 2000 LXS Albatros is the French Navy’s new twin-engine maritime surveillance and intervention aircraft, combining a range of 4,000 nmi (7,400 km) and an eight-hour endurance to replace the ...

The development of the Falcon 2000 Albatros was carried out by Dassault Aviation in cooperation with Naval Group, Safran, and Thales. Flight tests were conducted at Dassault Aviation’s flight test ...

The French Navy has taken delivery of an initial pair of Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000LXS Albatros maritime surveillance aircraft. The aircraft will begin the replacement of eight Dassault Falcon 50Ms ...

The Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) has officially accepted the development model and the first two Falcon 2000LXS ...

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Between Aug. 11 and 12, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured a series of images of a new crater on the Moon. The crater formed on Aug. 5, when a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage impacted the ...