Airbus Eyes A400M Capability Enhancements To Prepare For Better Days

A400M in the flying display at the Paris Air Show 2025

France is accelerating some A400M purchases to help stabilize the production rate.

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After a challenging birth two decades ago and a difficult adolescence, the Airbus military airlifter is coming into its own. The airframer has secured production certainty for the midterm, is optimistic about export sales and is sketching plans to add new capabilities to the aircraft, including...
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