All six members of a US military refuelling aircraft's crew have now been confirmed dead after it crashed in western Iraq, US Central Command (Centcom) has said. The US initially said it had located ...

Airbus innovation division UpNext is testing its next-gen autonomous systems for air-to-air in-flight refueling, which could be a revolutionary leap forward for a variety of military and civil ...

Airbus has successfully completed a series of flight evaluations on an automated aerial refuelling system, with an eye toward certification in 2024. The tests, which Airbus revealed on 11 October, ...

The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) will become the first Air Force in the world to have a boom automatic refuelling capability with all of its receivers. In 2020, an Airbus MRTT test aircraft ...

A Boeing KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueller operated by the US Air Force (USAF) successfully completed two sorties without the use of a co-pilot. The USAF’s Air Mobility Command (AMC) said on 28 October ...

CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intelligent power management company Eaton was awarded a $3.5M Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) contract to design a new podded refueling boom, enabling traditional and ...

British Airways flight cancelled after refuelling mishap damages aircraft at Heathrow - Exclusive: BA could face a bill of £250,000 if all passengers affected claim compensation ...

Airbus innovation division UpNext, in collaboration with the Airbus Defence and Space business unit, has successfully conducted tests for its autonomous in-flight refueling technology named Auto'Mate.

Lockheed Martin's famous-but-secret Skunk Works has released a sort-of-new image of a concept for the company's Next Generation Aerial Refueling System (NGAS) military tanker aircraft for in-flight ...

An autonomous U.S. Navy refueling aircraft completed its first flight on April 25. In a release, Boeing, which built the MQ-25A, said operators tested basic flight controls and operations, while ...

The Wright Brothers weren't the only contributors to the age of airplanes, and they may not even have been the first into the air on December 17, 1903, as they are often credited. Whether it was ...