Airbus has entered an agreement with the Royal Australian Air Force to develop an automatic air-to-air refueling capability for the latter’s KC-30A tanker.
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The two-year project will see a RAAF tanker being used for the engineering program.
Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Leo Davies said the minor hardware changes are required for the upgrade.