The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing an $18.2 million contract to mature autonomous refueling, as the service looks to ...

Alternatively, probe-drogue refueling (PDR) involves coupling a probe on a receiver aircraft with a probe receptacle (drogue ... will be of great utility for refueling of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV ...

The KC-130J provides for the rapid ground refueling of helicopters, vehicles and fuel caches at 4,018 pounds per minute. The aircraft has a unique propeller feathering feature (known as “hotel ...

Tankers will be leased from the French Air Force and private company Metrea while the Indian Air Force finalizes plans for a ...

Credit: AFRL Lockheed Martin will develop an experimental technology to enable an automated refueling system for a notional, future fleet of uncrewed tanker aircraft, the Defense Department said ...

The one-of-a-kind vehicle is built to withstand a nuclear ... It’s also capable of mid-air refueling, meaning the mobile command center—which ordinarily has a maximum range of around 9,000 ...

The MQ-25 will initially focus on refueling but may also be ... U.S. Navy will operate and control unmanned aircraft, and perhaps other unmanned vehicles, with UMCS," added PMA-268 Program Manager ...

Sep 8, 2024 Sep 8, 2024 Updated Dec 15, 2024 NEWINGTON — The New Hampshire Air National Guard became the first to receive the new KC-46A Pegasus refueling ... of the aircraft across the entire ...

A quadripartite agreement has been established to advance sustainable aviation, involving a major public sector undertaking, ...