Multi-Mission Aircraft

The Spanish Air Force has taken delivery of it first Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) conversion of the Airbus A330.

The aircraft will be will be upgraded in Califormia and converted into aerial firefighting water bombers.

The UK Royal Navy’s next Carrier Strike Group (CSG) will make use of Malloy heavy-lift drones for ship-to-ship transfers of supplies.

Denel and Embraer have agreed to a framework for future industrial collaboration on the KC-390.

Embraer is hoping other customers can emulate the KC-390’s smooth entry into service with the Portuguese Air Force.

Embraer says Portugal has joined an ongoing study by the Brazilian Air Force to adapt the C-390 for surveillance missions.

The next country to join NATO’s Multinational Multirole Tanker Transport Unit could be Denmark.

Taiwan is in the process of gathering information to upgrade the avionics on its 20 Lockheed Martin C-130H military transport aircraft.