Airbus Tests A400M Extended Refueling Hose For Helicopters

OTTOBRUNN, Germany—Airbus Defense and Space has conducted wind tunnel testing on an extended refueling hose that the company hopes can solve the A400M’s helicopter refueling woes. The company has been looking at the effects of a 50% extension of the current refueling hose, from 80 ft. to 120 ft., in...

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