OTTOBRUNN, Germany—Airbus Defense and Space has conducted wind tunnel testing on an extended refueling hose that the company hopes can solve the A400M’s helicopter refueling woes. The company has been ...

Airbus and a consortium of industry from Spain and France have been charged with developing an automated approach to hose-and-drogue aircraft refueling. The European Defense Agency (EDA) has funded ...

Aerial refueling is one of the most demanding maneuvers in aviation, requiring two aircraft to fly in perfect formation at high speed while transferring fuel through rigid booms or trailing hoses.

It’s hard to imagine refueling aircraft with buckets and hoses, but prior to World War II, that was how it was done. Prewar aerial refueling attempts were primitive experiments until a modernized ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. An F/A-18 Hornet uses a “probe-and-drogue” system for ...

One hundred years ago today, over California, two U.S. Army Air Service crews passed a fuel hose between them, allowing one plane to be topped up by the other, and opening up what was nothing short of ...

FARNBOROUGH, U.K.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 19, 2006--Smiths Aerospace recently delivered aerial refueling systems to Boeing for use on the KC-767 Global Tanker Transport Aircraft during aerial refueling ...

The MRTT program has several key advantages over comparable aircraft like the KC-135—chiefly its ability to draw from ...