EADS North America KC-45 Demonstrates Critical Air Force Aerial Refueling Requirement
SOURCE: EADS North America ARLINGTON, VA–(Marketwire – September 14, 2010) – EADS North America announced today that the company has demonstrated, in flight, that its offering in the KC-X tanker competition fully satisfies the U.S. Air Force requirement for high fuel offload rate via the refueling boom system — the only tanker in the competition to do so. “Our tanker has proven that it can refuel other aircraft at a rate of 1,200 gallons per minute, which is a critical requirement the Air Force has set forth for its tanker,” said EADS North America Chairman Ralph D
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