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Northrop Grumman KC-45 Newsletter
  • Uncertain Future for the U.S. Air Force Next-Gen Stealth Tanker 08 Mar 2025 22:33 GMT

    … and the NGAS stealth tanker seem unrelated developments, … the need for stealth tankers decreases. Moreover, pursuing … Northrop Grumman/EADS KC-45, a derivate of the European Airbus A330 MRTT tanker … KC-10) tanker, complement the manned tankers fleet with …

  • What Aircraft Does Airbus Defence Make? 04 Apr 2025 01:13 GMT

    … This new company quickly incorporated tanker, transport, and mission aircraft … The Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT), a civilian … as the EADS/Northrop Grumman KC-45 was even proposed for the … serve as an aerial tanker and can perform medical …

  • How This JetBlue Airbus A321 Made A Huge Milestone 02 Apr 2025 23:10 GMT

    … Force with Airbus A330 converted tankers (KC-45). However, the bid was finally … still remain in service, in tanker configuration. In total 865 airliners …

  • The KC-45 (A330 MRTT): How Boeing Won A Contract First Given To Airbus 08 Jan 2025 09:00 GMT

    Aerial Refueling Like Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your Simple Flying account February 29th, 2008. It was the day that Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that it had been selected by the U.S. Air Force to provide the KC-45A aerial refueling …

  • There Was Nothing Wrong with Boeing’s “MCAS” Software—Except the Plane It Was On 29 Mar 2025 13:01 GMT

    … winner of the KC-X tanker competition to replace the aged … be a bulwark of the tanker fleet for decades, with … between Northrop Grumman and European commercial jet manufacturer Airbus, was the KC-45, a … the manner in which the tanker’s center of gravity shifted …

  • Lockheed Quits Air Force Tanker Competition, But Airbus Will Go It Alone 24 Oct 2023 01:03 GMT

    … Space (EADS)-Northrop Grumman offering of an Airbus A330-based tanker was Boeing … in 2008, receiving the designation KC-45. But that award was thrown … that recompete, Northop left the KC-45 partnership—saying the rewritten contest …

  • The U.S. Air Force’s New Tanker Plane Can’t Move Gas, But Maybe It Can Move Data 26 May 2021 12:18 GMT

    … tanker in a generation when, in the early 2000s, it pitted Northrop Grumman … . Northrop’s Airbus-based KC-45 won the competition. But … around 50 of the tankers. They represent a tenth … better position” with regard to tankers, command chief Gen. Stephen …

  • OPINION: Lockheed pact fuels Airbus tanker ambitions 07 Dec 2018 22:03 GMT

    … promote the A330 multi-role tanker/;transport (MRTT). Lockheed Martin … experience – as it did with Northrop Grumman for the KC-30 bid … did with a follow-on KC-45 attempt led by EADS North …

  • Airbus and Lockheed Martin Team To Pursue U.S. Tanker Opportunities 05 Dec 2018 21:14 GMT

    … development of new-generation tankers to meet future defense … selected (as the Northrop Grumman/EADS KC-45) as the winner … requirement for at least 179 tankers. However, the KC- … and increasing shortfalls in tanker capacity. Civilian contractors such …

  • Boeing completes final FAA test on KC-46 tanker programme 27 Apr 2018 00:04 GMT

    Boeing’s KC-46 tanker programme completed all required supplemental … -10 and other KC-46 tankers. The aircraft also conducted night … 34 of an expected 179 tankers for the USAF. The FAA … Boeing's first 18 KC-45 aircraft until several other deficiencies …

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