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RAAF orders two additional KC-30A tankers

The Royal Australian Air Force will obtain an additional pair of Airbus Defence and Space KC-30A multi-role tanker transports (MRTT).

The two additional aircraft, which are based on the Airbus A330-200 airliner, will bring Australia’s fleet of the type to seven aircraft when they are delivered in 2018, says Australian defence minister Kevin Andrews in a statement.

The A330 MRTT is designated the KC-30A in Australian service. The two aircraft to be converted are now in service with Qantas Airways.

The new aircraft will be covered under an update to Canberra’s current acquisition for the contract with Airbus, and the cost of the deal is pegged at A$408 million ($314 million).

The Australian deal comes shortly after two major wins for the A330 programme. China’s state aviation regulator signed a tentative deal for up to 75 A330s, a general agreement for 45 aircraft and a memorandum of understanding for 30, and South Korea announced that it had down selected the A330 MRTT over the Boeing KC-46A Pegasus for a four aircraft requirement.

Airbus beats Boeing in South Korean tanker competition

Airbus Defence & Space this week added South Korea to its growing list of A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) operators after the nation downselected the tanker type over Boeing’s KC-46A Pegasus and Israel Aerospace Industries’ 767-based design.

South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration announced the selection decision on Tuesday 30 June, citing the performance and price of the European tanker over the US and Israeli alternatives.

The $1.26 billion KC-X programme aims to deliver four tankers by 2019, and the selection of Airbus is an important victory for the company as it looks to an upcoming Japanese tanker competition.

Boeing had expressed confidence before the decision, touting estimates that the KC-46A it is developing for the US Air Force will cost 25% less to own and operate over its life-cycle compared with the A330 MRTT, despite being a more expensive aircraft up front. However, Airbus offers a much larger aircraft compared with the 767-based KC-46A, and it can carry 111t (245,000lb) of fuel and up to 300 troops.

“This contract will also allow Airbus Defence & Space to establish a long-term and sustainable cooperation with the Korean industry,” says company spokeswoman Maggie Bergsma. “We will carry out our contractual obligations faithfully and are looking forward to executing this programme in a timely and efficient way as we have done with other A330 MRTT contracts.

“The decision means that the A330 MRTT has won every tanker competition outside of the United States since it entered the market, and has now been selected by nine nations plus the European Defence Agency.”

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The decision to go with a European supplier shows that South Korea is prepared to break from the tradition of buying American military hardware, following multi-billion-dollar commitments last year to procure the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and three Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned air vehicles.

"While we are disappointed with this decision, we remain committed to our partnerships in Korea,” says Boeing spokesman Chick Ramey.

Boeing’s KC-46 programme is running behind schedule, and is yet to conduct the first full-up KC-46A tanker flight. The first 767-2C engineering and manufacturing development aircraft recently flew an airworthiness test fitted with a boom and wing aerial refuelling pods. Still, Boeing can claim the largest base customer, the US Air Force, with 176 orders expected initially and potentially up to 400 as the aging KC-135 is retired.

Meanwhile, Airbus already has 35 solid orders on its books from six countries, and has delivered more than 24 aircraft to date. The tanker has also been selected by India (six aircraft) and Qatar (two). France is boosting its tanker order to 12, and the European Defence Agency is exploring options to acquire several aircraft that would be operated jointly.

One of Boeing’s biggest selling points was interoperability with the US fleet. The KC-46 will be certified to refuel more than 64 receiver types at little or no cost to the foreign customer, Boeing says.

However, Korea is not alone in the Pacific. The Royal Australia Air Force – which operates Super Hornets and, soon, F-35As – was the tanker type’s launch customer and it has already completed several refuelling certifications.

Singapore has also ordered six aircraft, and in Europe and the Middle East – Korea would dovetail on the established MRTT programmes of the UK, France, Saudi Arabia and UAE.

Carlos Lima escreveu:Essa é uma foto em um momento do combate simulado. Chegar a qualquer conclusão "boa ou ruim" é meio precipitado.

Lembro de uma foto que tinha na BASC de um F-5 da FAB """""""derrubando""""""" um Tomcat em combate simulado.

Isso faz o F-5 superior ao Tomcat?

Nem em sonho.

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avc1 escreveu:

Carlos Lima escreveu:Essa é uma foto em um momento do combate simulado. Chegar a qualquer conclusão "boa ou ruim" é meio precipitado.

Lembro de uma foto que tinha na BASC de um F-5 da FAB """""""derrubando""""""" um Tomcat em combate simulado.

Isso faz o F-5 superior ao Tomcat?

Nem em sonho.

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Tem toda razão Carlos, mas não podemos dizer também que o J-10 é equivalente ou superior ao F-16..... é forçar demais...

Carlos Lima escreveu:

avc1 escreveu: Tem toda razão Carlos, mas não podemos dizer também que o J-10 é equivalente ou superior ao F-16..... é forçar demais...

Sim... eu acho que o F-16 deve ser uma aeronave melhor em muitos aspectos.

Mas como o J-10 tem o DNA do Lavi eu também não acho que seja exatamente uma aeronave ruim.

Só dei a minha opinião sobre a foto em questão.

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