EADS is close to a deal with European governments to curtail heavy losses on the A400M military airlifter and is expected to be handed another chance to bid for a U.S. refueling tanker fleet after ...

The A400M will replace the A310 tanker already deployed in German Operation “Counter Daesh”. On July 5, 2019, for the first time, the German Air Force deployed an Airbus A400M four-engine ...

(Photo: Anthony Pecchi/Airbus) Although it was born as a tactical airlifter, the A400M is certified to be quickly configured as a tanker which can carry up to 50.8 tonnes of fuel in its wings and ...

Credit: German Air Force The German Atlas A400M, which is typically configured ... the service’s sole air-to-air refueling tanker that is equipped with two underwing pods for refueling, as ...

has proven the capability of Airbus Defence and Space’s A400M transport aircraft to act as an in-flight refuelling tanker. The A400M performed 33 dry contacts over five flights. The transport ...

The really bad news for the company came in its military aircraft division, where Airbus took a €2.2 billion ($2.3 billion) charge on its A400M military tanker/transport program. And that may ...