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French DGA Takes Delivery of A400M Capable of Automatic Low Altitude Flight,...
March 25, 2021 @ 10:05 AMThe French Direction générale de l'armement (DGA) has taken delivery of the 18th Airbus A400M transport aircraft. “The DGA has just taken delivery of the 18th A400M equipped with all the capabilities validated to date, including the simultaneous release of paratroopers from the two doors and automatic flight at very low altitude
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Rheinmetall to Provide Cargo Hold Simulators for European Airbus A400 Aircraft
February 20, 2021 @ 05:47 AMAirbus has contracted Rheinmetall to supply two additional training simulators for the European A400M. Earmarked for German air bases in Wunstorf and Altenstadt, the two simulators will be delivered and ready to operate at the end of 2022 or the beginning of 2023
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Airbus Develops UAV Launcher for A400M Aircraft
January 18, 2021 @ 12:29 PMAirbus has developed a launcher to release unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) from the belly of an Airbus A400M military transport aircraft. The development of the UAV Launcher project has been performed in a non-traditional way in only half a year
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Teledyne to Supply Composite Wing Assemblies for Airbus A400M Airlifter
January 6, 2021 @ 09:15 AMTeledyne CML Composites has won a contract with Airbus in Madrid for the supply of composite wing components & assemblies on the A400M tactical airlifter. Designed making extensive use of advanced composite materials, the awarded package of parts includes a range of thermoplastic and pre-preg composite components to be supplied to the Airbus A400M composite wing box assembly line at the Filton facility in Bristol in the United Kingdom
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Airbus Delivers First A400M to Belgian Air Force
December 24, 2020 @ 03:27 PMThe Belgian Air Force has taken delivery of its first of seven Airbus A400M military transport aircraft. The aircraft was handed over to the customer at the A400M Final Assembly Line in Seville (Spain) and subsequently performed its ferry flight to the 15th Wing Air Transport in Melsbroek (Belgium), where the aircraft will be based
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Airbus A330 MRTT ‘Voyager’ Achieves Clearance to Refuel A400M Aircraft
October 27, 2020 @ 09:21 AMThe Spanish National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA) has granted the Voyager Air-to-Air Refuelling (AAR) clearance for the A400M using the centreline hose and drogue system, known as the Fuselage Refuelling Unit (FRU). The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the only MRTT customer to make use of this system, which is used to refuel large probe-equipped aircraft such as the A400M or C295
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Airbus delivers A400M to Luxembourg’s Armed Forces
October 8, 2020 @ 09:29 AMThe Luxembourg Armed Forces have taken delivery of its Airbus A400M military transport aircraft. The plane was accepted at the A400M Final Assembly Line in Seville (Spain) and has performed a ferry flight
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Airbus A400M Transport Plane Certified for Automatic Low Level Flight
May 26, 2020 @ 12:57 PMThe Airbus A400M new generation airlifter has achieved certification of its Automatic Low Level Flight capability. “Inherent to the fighter aircraft world, and as a unique capability for a military transport aircraft, the Automatic Low Level Flights improves the A400Ms terrain masking and survivability, making the aircraft less detectable in hostile areas and less susceptible to threats when cruising towards key military operations like aerial delivery, air-to-air refuelling, logistic or other specific special operations,” the company said in a
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France Selects Rheinmetall to supply Airbus A400M Cargo Hold Simulators
February 29, 2020 @ 09:02 AMRheinmetall has been chosen to supply Airbus A400M cargo hold simulators for Frances Cargo Training Centre near Toulouse. Having successfully passed the on-site acceptance test, the French armed forces' new cargo hold simulator for the Airbus A400M transport plane officially entered service on 31 January 2020
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Sikorsky, Rheinmetall Submit Proposal for Germany’s Heavy-lift Helicopter Procurement
January 14, 2020 @ 02:55 PMSikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, and Rheinmetall submitted to the Bundeswehr a proposal to supply CH-53K King Stallion under Germany's heavy-lift helicopter procurement program, the "Schwerer Transporthubschrauber." Sikorsky and Rheinmetall formed a STH project team of more than 10 German companies, which includes MTU Aero Engines, Autoflug GmbH and Hydro Systems KG
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