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The USAF chooses the KC-30 to update it´s tanker fleet
The Unites States Air Force (USAF) has decided to go for the KC-30 to update it’s fleet of tanker aircraft. The KC-30 is a variation of EADS´s A330 MRTT, and will be manufactured by Northrop-Grumman on behalf of an agreement signed with EADS / Airbus. It will be equipped with the new ‘boom’ in-flight refueling [...]
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What's the next move for Northrop Grumman/EADS North America?
All eyes seem focused on Boeing's next move. Do they want to delay the tanker RFP to switch to the KC-767-400ER? Or perhaps even the KC-777F? Another interesting question is what will the Northrop Grumman/EADS North America team do to respond? The KC-30B is based on the A330-200 passenger airliner, which, thanks to the tanker proposal process, has now been modified to serve as a freighter. But Airbus launched the pure freighter version of the A330-200 almost two years after the Northrop/EA
KC-767 ‘Less Risk for Warfighters, Taxpayers’
The Boeing KC-767 would be a lower-risk aerial refueling tanker for the American military and taxpayers than the Airbus A330-based KC-30, and it would be superior in the areas of cost, production, schedule and capability.An analysis of the evaluation that led to the choice of... read more
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