Czech Air Force conducts first Gripen air-to-fir refueling exercise
Czech Air Force pilots from Čáslav Air Base successfully completed their first air-to-air refueling exercise with a JAS-39 Gripen fighter jet and an Airbus A330 MRTT tanker.
Elbit Systems to supply self-protection suites for MRTT A330 aircraft
Elbit Systems DIRCM laser protection systems have accumulated hundreds of thousands of flight hours on dozens of platforms and provide advanced defensive technology solutions for aircraft operating in modern battlefields.
Airbus signs EUR 1.2 billion contracts to support the French A330 MRTT fleet
With 79 orders from 15 countries, the A330 MRTT has a 90 percent market share outside the USA. and more than 270,000 flight hours.
Successful A330 MRTT flight test campaign for F-15 fighters automatic refuelling
The Airbus A330 MRTT is certified for aerial refuelling with both boom and hose-and-drogue systems for F-15, F-16, F-35, A330 MRTT, AWACS, Eurofighter and many more aircraft.
Canada orders 4 new A330 MRTTs from Airbus Defence and Space
The Government of Canada has awarded Airbus Defence and Space with a contract for four newly-built Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport aircraft (MRTT).
DGA delivers 10th A330 MRTT aircraft to French Air and Space Force
The French DGAhas recently received and delivered the 10th A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft, named Phénix, to the French Air and Space Force.
NATO Support and Procurement Agency orders additional Airbus A330 MRTT
NSPA has ordered an additional Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT), increasing the Multinational MRTT Fleet (MMF) to 10 aircraft.
NATO Secretary General welcomes multinational fleet of tanker transport
NATO Secretary Jens Stoltenberg welcomed the launch of a Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport aircraft fleet (MRTT) that is "now ready for a full range of missions".
GMV improves in-flight refueling efficiency
Aerial hose-and-drogue refueling operations have undergone little in the way of technological upgrades over the past 70 years.