Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Boeing CF-18 Hornet fighters, as well as the incoming Lockheed Martin F-35A stealth fighters ...

While the US President’s flagship executive transport comprises a pair of modified Boeing 747s, other countries have opted for smaller jets - though still large relative to other nations. Like the UK, ...

The Airbus A330 MRTT is the European competitor to Boeing's KC-46 Pegasus. Currently in use with the US Air Force, the KC-46 Pegasus is Boeing's newest jet but is also proving to be one of its ...

Mercury enables Airbus A330 MRTT to become world’s first tanker certified for automatic air-to-air refueling operations. Mercury Systems Inc . Tue, Oct 11, 2022, 7:00 AM 5 min read.

With the signals we’re getting from the customers, we are studying a rate increase of the MRTT,” said Jean-Brice Dumont, head of air power at Airbus.

Airbus has taken orders for 51 A330 MRTTS from eight nations. Of those 51 orders, 28 aircraft have been delivered. This A330 MRTT is the second of the new standard models to fly.

Airbus’ delivery of the first A330 MRTT to NATO comes, as the company prepares to begin testing of an automatic refueling capability for the aircraft. Earlier this year, ...

The A330 MRTT will be equipped the first automatic aerial refueling with a boom system. An Airbus MRTT test aircraft has successfully completed the first ever fully Automatic Air-to-Air Refuelling ...

The Airbus A330 MRTT has been certified for automatic air-to-air refuelling (A3R) boom operations in daylight following successful trials in collaboration with the Republic of Singapore Air Force ...

The A330 MRTT is a military tanker/transport version of the Airbus A330 airliner. The twin-engine A330 MRTT is powered by either Rolls-Royce Trent 700 or General Electric CF6-80E1 turbofan engines.

--Mercury Systems, Inc., a leader in trusted, secure mission-critical technologies for aerospace and defense, today announced that the mission computer built for the Airbus A330 MRTT allowed the ...