Photo caption: The picture shows the first fully automated refuelling contacts between an Airbus tanker test aircraft and a Portuguese Air Force F-16 fighter jet. Credits: airbus Airbus has achieved the first-ever fully automatic air-to-air refueling (A3R) operation with a boom system. The flight test campaign, conducted earlier in the …
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Image Credits Unknown Via France and Germany signed a €150 million deal to develop a prototype of the next-generation fighter jet. Dassault Aviation and Airbus will build the aircraft, which is expected to be operational from 2040 with a view to replacing Dassault’s Rafale and Germany’s Eurofighter warplanes over time. …
Read More » According to defense news article, German defense officials are seeking parliamentary approval for the next wave of research contracts in the tri-national Future Combat Air System program. The next phase is slated to begin in January, but German officials said they are still working to finalize contracts with an industry …
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Airbus and Dassault join hands to build a new Fighter jet that Will Replace Eurofighter Typhoon Airbus and Dassault Aviation join hands to develop and produce Europe’s next generation of fighter aircraft that Will Replace Eurofighter Typhoon To secure European sovereignty and technological leadership in military aviation both companies decided to collaborate …
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