Meet the MRTT, Airbus' multi role tanker transport aircraft that helps militaries move cargo, people and even perform mid-air refueling. We go deep inside the programme, visiting the Airbus facility ...

We start with Aerosoft, which released new screenshots of the upcoming Airbus A330 ... showing the cabin and part of the flight deck. Screenshots via TFDi We also get an announcement from ...

Flight Test Engineer & Test Aerial Refuelling Operator at Airbus Defence and Space. The development of the A330 MRTT's boom system, which is controlled from a dedicated console located behind the ...

Equipped with a hose-and-basket refuelling system, the Airbus A330 MRTT offers an endurance of more than 18 flight hours and a range of 16,000km. Its fuel capacity of 111 tonnes (t) negates the need ...

Most notably, this jet would be based on the A330 commercial airframe, produced by EADS - which, these days, would be Airbus’ Defence and Space division.Unfortunately, the celebrations wouldn ...

Airbus has announced that ... as spare parts and equipment in one direct flight over 5,200km, the manufacturer has claimed. In July 2024, at the Farnborough Airshow, Airbus launched the ...

The Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) has completed an automatic air-to-air refueling (A3R) flight test campaign under night conditions. This milestone marks a significant step towards ...

This was McConnell’s first test flight with the pods ... and Boeing and Airbus are the only vendors to offer both options on their tankers. The A330 MRTT, based on the successful A330-200 ...

In October 2023, Airbus said that an RSAF MRTT had completed a series of flight evaluations for an automated aerial refuelling system, having successfully made more than 500 wet and dry contacts ...

As the website Breaking Defense reported, Airbus is in the' exploration phase' for an updated MRTT. This process includes 'derisking studies' to assess feasibility. The jet would be based on the ...

Airbus will develop the Standard 2 of the A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) Phénix tanker for the French Air and Space Force. Airbus Defence and Space secured two contracts worth a total of €1.2 ...