DefenceTalkEuropean aircraft maker Airbus believes the United States will be the biggest customer for its A400M military transport plane, despite a fatal crash involving one of them during a test flight last month. “By the next decade at the latest, the US armed forces will be the biggest customer for the aircraft,” Airbus chief executive […]https://www.defencetalk.com/airbus-says-us-to-be-biggest-customer-for-a400m-military-plane-64498/

DefenceTalkSpain on Thursday said test flights of Airbus A400M military planes that have already rolled off the assembly line could resume, after suspending them in May following a crash that killed four people. Airbus executives met with Spain’s National Institute of Aerospace Technology on Thursday to discuss resuming flights after one of the massive transport […]https://www.defencetalk.com/spain-allows-a400m-test-flights-to-resume-after-deadly-crash-64472/

DefenceTalkSeveral safety protocols were allegedly ignored during the final assembly of the A400M military plane which crashed in Spain, killing four, reportedly to make up for delays in delivery, online news site El Confidential said Tuesday. “Several protocols were ignored,” it said citing unnamed aeronautical sector sources. The computer system that controls the plane’s engines, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/safety-protocol-breaches-may-be-behind-spain-a400m-crash-report-64387/

DefenceTalkBerlin: Analysis of the flight recorders of the A400M which crashed in Spain on May 9, killing four, indicated there were no structural faults but assembly quality problems, a senior Airbus executive said in a newspaper interview to appear on Friday. “The black boxes confirm it. There was no structural fault, but we have a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/airbus-admits-assembly-quality-problem-after-a400m-crash-64365/

DefenceTalkAirbus on Tuesday warned of a technical bug potentially affecting the engines of its A400M that was discovered during an internal test after one of the military planes crashed in Spain. The company said in a statement it had sent out an alert to its clients urging them to carry out “specific checks of the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/airbus-warns-of-bug-that-could-affect-a400m-engines-64260/

DefenceTalkFollowing the accident to an Airbus A400M on Saturday 9 May, Airbus Defence and Space technical advisors are providing full assistance to the official committee that is in charge of the investigation. The investigating authority is the Spanish Ministry of Defence. At the same time the company is providing all appropriate care and support to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/a400m-accident-update-number-2-64213/

DefenceTalkAirbus on Tuesday carried out the first test flight of a new A400M since one of the military transport planes crashed in Spain over the weekend, killing four people. In a sign of the company’s confidence in the plane, the boss of Airbus Military, Fernando Alonso, was onboard the flight that took off from the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/airbus-holds-first-a400m-test-flight-since-deadly-crash-64194/

DefenceTalkShares in European aerospace giant Airbus have dropped more than 4 percent after the weekend crash of an A400M military plane in Spain fueled investors’ concern over Europe’s largest and hugely delayed defense project. In trading on Monday, shares in Airbus fell 4.23 percent, underperforming the wider European market which was down less than one […]https://www.defencetalk.com/airbus-shares-close-4-down-after-a400m-crash-64150/

DefenceTalkThe Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) today officially received its first of four Airbus A400M military transport aircraft, ordered from Airbus Defense and Space. Chief of RMAF, General Dato’ Sri Roslan Saad officially took over the aircraft from Bernhard Gerwert, CEO of Airbus Defence and Space. The ceremony took place at the Langkawi International Maritime […]https://www.defencetalk.com/airbus-hands-over-first-a400m-to-malaysia-63549/

DefenceTalkThe Airbus A400M new generation airlifter has further proved its credentials as a tanker by successfully demonstrating simultaneous air-to-air refueling of two F/A-18 fighters. In the course of four flights, the A400M performed 74 contacts and dispensed 27.2 tonnes of fuel to the Spanish Air Force aircraft. Refueling was conducted at altitudes of 20,000ft – […]https://www.defencetalk.com/airbus-a400m-refuels-two-f-18-fighters-simultaneously-63145/