The Debrief: Next Generation Airlift Is Coming, But Not Anytime Soon

blended wing body concept

JetZero hopes the U.S. Air Force demonstrator will pave the way for a multirole long-range tanker-transport. A version depicted here is configured with both flying-boom and pod-mounted drogue refueling systems.

Credit: JetZero
An internal consensus is forming about the aircraft that will one day replace the Lockheed Martin C-130J and C-5M and the Boeing C-17, even if prospects for delivering the new strategic and tactical airlift fleets within the next two decades are growing dim. As currently envisioned, the family of...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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