Airbus and Northrop Grumman say the partnership is vitally important as military forces increasingly use space-based assets to fulfil their missions and require specialised technology to transmit information via space.
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.
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Airbus delivered the second C-295MSA aircraft to the Irish Air Corps, successfully fulfilling a contract valued at EUR 220 million, which was signed in December 2019.
In September, twin-engine high-speed jet-powered drones from Airbus Target Systems & Services were tested at Andøya Space.
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.
Airbus has officially launched the construction of the new A400M maintenance centre in Wunstorf, Germany.
Airbus Helicopters unveiled the PioneerLab, its new twin-engine technology demonstrator based on the H145 platform.
On September 20, the French Air and Space Force took delivery of a 12th A330MRTT Phénix multi-role transport and refueling aircraft.
Airbus Defence and Space has officially handed over in fly-away condition the first of 56 C295 aircraft to the Indian Air Force (IAF).
The Ministries of Interior of Lower Saxony and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania have ordered two five-bladed H145s each for their respective police forces.
This agreement will see Airbus Helicopters and KAI enter into the next phase of the programme, ramping up production of […]
Ovzon has for the third consecutive year been awarded a 12-month service renewal contract from Airbus Defence and Space.
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