With Lockheed Out, Airbus Offering A330 MRTT To USAF

Brian Everstine October 23, 2023

An Airbus A330 MRTT.

Credit: Airbus
Airbus will pursue the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 recapitalization program on its own without prior partner Lockheed Martin, offering its A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) for the competition. Lockheed Martin announced Oct. 23 that it would not pursue the Air Force’s KC-135 replacement program...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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