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By: Nigel Pittaway
AVALON, Australia — The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) signed a research agreement with Airbus Defence and Space to develop an automatic air-to-air refueling capability for its KC-30A multirole tanker transport aircraft.
AVALON, Australia — The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) signed a research agreement with Airbus Defence and Space to develop an automatic air-to-air refueling capability for its KC-30A multirole tanker transport aircraft.
Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Leo Davies signed the agreement with Airbus DS boss Fernando Alonso at the 2017 Australian International Airshow at Avalon on Thursday.
The agreement will see an RAAF aircraft involved in the testing of the system, which has been under development by Airbus DS for some time.
Davies also used the opportunity to announce that the Australian government had signed off on final operational capability for the KC-30A.
“A lot of hard work has gone into the development of this capability, and we are now able to go into the next phase,” he said.
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