Airbus has signed a MoU with Lockheed Martin to market the Airbus A330 MRTT - in service with the RAAF as the KC-30A – to potential US customers.

The first automatic air-to-air refuelling (A3R) contact between two large aircraft was successfully completed on June 20 by an Airbus A310 MRTT test aircraft and an RAAF KC-30A MRTT off the coast of Spain. Seven successful contacts were made between the two aircraft. The successful development follows a successful test earlier in 2018 where the