Lockheed, Airbus Expect U.S. Air Force To Increase Short-Term Tanker Buy
An Airbus A330 at the Paris Air Show. Lockheed Martin has teamed up with Airbus to pitch a modified A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport to the U.S. Air Force.
Credit: Mark Wagner/Aviation Images
LE BOURGET—Lockheed Martin and Airbus expect to see the U.S. Air Force revert to something resembling its original tanker replacement plan, buying more refuelers after the end of its Boeing KC-46 program to bridge a gap to an advanced, clean-sheet design that is likely to come later than the service...
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