Airbus Defence and Space has successfully demonstrated automatic air-to-air refuelling (AAR) contacts with a fighter aircraft from a tanker’s refuelling boom – the first time in the world that this has been done, the company announced on May 9, 2017. Read more
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| First automatic contact between the A310 MRTT demonstrator and the F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet (Credit: Airbus DS) |