DefenceTalkAirbus said Tuesday it had successfully tested its A400M military transporter as a water bomber as heatwaves cause an increasing number of wildfires during the summer in Europe. “Airbus has successfully tested a removable firefighting demonstrator kit on the A400M new generation airlifter during a flight test campaign in Spain,” the European plane maker said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/airbus-tests-a400m-military-plane-as-water-bomber-79127/

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/