Airbus, Boeing Revive Intense Rivalry For Bridge Tanker

Steve Trimble September 08, 2021
Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transports in flight
The Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport is operated by several countries’ air services, including the Royal Australian Air Force, whose MRTT is pictured refueling a Boeing C-17.
Credit: Christian Turner/U.S. Air Force
On Feb. 24, 2011, the U.S. Air Force selected Boeing over Airbus for the KC-X tanker contract. The $20.6 billion award closed a bitterly protracted competition but finally established two certain facts: Boeing would deliver the first batch of 179 tankers over the next 18 years, and both sides would...
Steve Trimble

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

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