'Strikes could occur any time now,' say experts who explain what mid-air refuelers mean for sustained operations ...

The Air Force is in the early stages of the Next-Generation Air Refueling System (NGAS) program, a full-scale acquisition effort to follow the KC-46. An analysis of alternatives is underway, with the ...

Aerospace giants Embraer and Northrop Grumman are collaborating to develop the KC-390 Millennium aircraft for U.S. allies and ...

Embraer and Northrop Grumman are developing a boom refueling upgrade for the KC-390, positioning the tanker concept for the ...

U.S. tankers are now deployed in Israel, with others scattered around the region, which could unlock the full potential of the IAF.

Northrop Grumman is presenting a three-pronged approach to the U.S. Air Force if the service progresses with its current “family of systems” framework for future refuelers—from a large blended-wing ...

The MRTT program has several key advantages over comparable aircraft like the KC-135—chiefly its ability to draw from civilian supply chains for upkeep. The Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport ...

The deal aims to court international buyers and the Air Force as it sketches out its future refueling program.

Northrop Grumman Corp. (NOC) is "carefully evaluating" the U.S. Air Force's request for proposals on the multibillion-dollar program for tanker aircraft, Ronald Sugar, chairman and chief executive of ...

India is deepening one of its most important defense partnerships, turning to Israeli firms for aircraft, sensors, and weapons that now sit at the center of several major modernization efforts. Over ...

While all of the aircraft flown by the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force are given official military designations, a few are derivative of commercial planes that are well known in ...