France Orders 12 A330 Tanker Transport Aircraft

Gestart door jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter), 21/11/2014 | 08:13 uur

Elzenga

België en Nederland hopelijk de volgende klanten voor ieder 3 A330 MRTTs. En dan inzetten binnen het EUropese samenwerkingsverband. Het wordt nog eens wat. Jammer dat oorlog en verschillende ernstige crises daarvoor nodig zijn. Die wil je er immers juist mee voorkomen en afschrikken.

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France orders eight Airbus A330 MRTTs

By Beth Stevenson, London | 15 December 2015

France has ordered eight Airbus Defence & Space A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transports (MRTT), from an eventual requirement for 12 of the type worth a total €3 billion ($3.3 billion).Paris had already committed to one example in June, with the remainder to be signed for by 2018. The initial aircraft is expected to be delivered to the French air force in in 2018, with further handovers of one or two per year until 2025.

Powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines, the French MRTTs will carry both an Airbus refuelling boom system and underwing hose-and-drogue refuelling pods. They can also be reconfigured to carry 271 passengers as a transport aircraft.

Additionally, in a medical evacuation role, the aircraft will be equipped with the Morphee intensive care module, which can carry 10 patients and 88 passengers.

Airbus says seven nations have ordered the type – Australia, France, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates and the UK – with 49 ordered and 26 delivered.


Airbus Defence & Space

In April, President Francois Hollande announced that the nation's defence budget would increase by €3.8 billion between 2016 and 2020, to counter the threat from Islamic extremism. The French air force has, since September, been conducting offensive operations in Syria against Islamic State, extending the remit of its Operation Chammal, which seeks to counter the rise of the terrorist organisation.

That operation, alongside commitments in Africa, has increased demand on France's aircraft fleet.

Paris has been the target of multiple terrorist attacks in 2015, with the most recent taking place on 13 November.

https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/france-orders-eight-airbus-a330-mrtts-420081/
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Harald

Nov 21/14: A330 (vervanging / levering)
Purchases are expected to take place with an initial order for 1 plane before the end of 2014, a major order for 8 planes in 2015, and then 3 more that will be ordered at some future date. The 1st flight of the A330-MRTT Enhanced variant is expected in fall 2015, with flight testing beginning in earnest by July 2016. Initial delivery to the Armee de l'Air is expected to take place in 2018, followed by the 2nd A330 in 2019, and then the rest at a rate of 1-2 per year. In other words, France's C-135s and existing Airbus transports will be completely replaced somewhere between 2024 – 2029.

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/france-modernizing-its-kc-135s-05259/

Harald

#9
Even een vergelijkingsoverzicht :



Als ik dan dit vergelijk, met onze huidige KDC-10's dan gaan we in vracht erop achteruit ? ! in vergelijk met A330 en met de KC-767 een nog groter verschil.



Uit het oogpunt van productie is het logisch dat de Italianen gekozen hebben voor de 767 en de Fransen voor de A330



Voor de US zou een keuze voor de KC-30 (A330) een flinke vergroting hebben gegeven ten opzicht van hun KC-135 toestellen, maar gezien de bijkomende problemen/nadelen, zoals hangar aanpassingen, standplaats ruimte  

Elzenga


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Citaat van: jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter) op 21/11/2014 | 12:51 uur
Ik verwacht ook dat "we" gaan voor de 330 MRTT (deze verwachting wordt gedeeld door een uitermate goed ingevoerde bron binnen de Nederlandse defensie industrie)

En het zorgt voor verbeterde inzet via het EATC.

Elzenga

Citaat van: jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter) op 21/11/2014 | 12:51 uur
Ik verwacht ook dat "we" gaan voor de 330 MRTT (deze verwachting wordt gedeeld door een uitermate goed ingevoerde bron binnen de Nederlandse defensie industrie)
Ik mag het hopen....

jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)

Citaat van: Thomasen op 21/11/2014 | 12:14 uur
Er is niet zoiets als een Europese MRTT keuze, niet formeel, de-facto wordt dit gewoon de Europese standaard. De Fransen nu dus 12 (aangekondigd in ~2010), de Britten 14, Spanje (ambitie voor) 2 en Duitsland 5 obv A310. De Italianen zijn over op de KC767.

Dus nee, geen extra keuze mogelijkheid, maar de keuze, hoop ik.

Ik verwacht ook dat "we" gaan voor de 330 MRTT (deze verwachting wordt gedeeld door een uitermate goed ingevoerde bron binnen de Nederlandse defensie industrie)


dudge

Citaat van: Harald op 21/11/2014 | 12:02 uur
De Fransen nemen het voortouw in de keuze en aanschaf van Europese MRTT keuze.
Wordt deze A330 een extra keuze mogelijkheid ?

Er is niet zoiets als een Europese MRTT keuze, niet formeel, de-facto wordt dit gewoon de Europese standaard. De Fransen nu dus 12 (aangekondigd in ~2010), de Britten 14, Spanje (ambitie voor) 2 en Duitsland 5 obv A310. De Italianen zijn over op de KC767.

Dus nee, geen extra keuze mogelijkheid, maar de keuze, hoop ik.

Harald

De Fransen nemen het voortouw in de keuze en aanschaf van Europese MRTT keuze.
Wordt deze A330 een extra keuze mogelijkheid ?

dudge

Mooie aanschaf. Wel jammer dat levering nog even laat wachten en dat er officieel 19 toestellen worden vervangen door deze 12.

jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)

France Orders 12 A330 Tanker Transport Aircraft

Nov. 20, 2014 - 05:27PM   |   By PIERRE TRAN   

PARIS — France has signed a €3 billion (US $3.8 billion) contract for 12 Airbus A330 multirole tanker transport aircraft, Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told a high-level conference on the French nuclear deterrent Thursday.

The contract, due to enter into effect early next month and drawn up by procurement office Direction Générale de l'Armement (DGA), is with Airbus Defense and Space, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.

Le Drian's announcement of the long-awaited MRTT contract drew warm applause at the conference, which marked 50 years of the French Air Force's nuclear wing, named the Strategic Air Forces.

The Air Force and the DGA teams worked with Airbus, Thales, Rolls-Royce and other firms to draw up the deal. The contract has been going through ministerial clearance and will enter into effect in the "first few days of December," Le Drian said.

The Air Force has named the new aircraft Phoenix.

The first MRTT will be delivered in 2018, the second in 2019, and then at a rate of one or two per year, the ministry said.

A renewal of the inflight refueling fleet is needed as the MRTT replaces the Boeing C135, which was "already there in 1964," Le Drian said. The French Air Force's first Mirage 4 fighter carrying an AN 11 nuclear bomb took off on Oct. 8, 1964, he said.

Inflight refueling is indispensable for air power, a capability that guarantees French strategic autonomy, its position in the front ranks and in a coalition, he said.

Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines will power the French MRTT, which will be equipped with both an Airbus refueling boom system and underwing hose-and-drogue pods, Airbus Defence and Space said in a statement.

The €3 billion deal includes development and qualification of the French configuration, support and training systems, spares, ground support equipment, training devices and five years of support, the company said.

The current refueling fleet, composed of 11 C135FR and three KC135 RG aircraft, is part of the strategic air forces that comprise Dassault Mirage 2000N and Rafale fighters. The MRTT will also replace three A310 and two A340 jets.

An airborne nuclear deterrence, unlike the stealthy nuclear ballistic missile submarine, is visible, and can help open up "political and diplomatic" moves with the potential adversary, Le Drian said.

The cost of maintaining an airborne deterrence is "moderate" and will account for some 5 percent of the French nuclear defense budget in the next 10 years, he said.

France sets aside some €3.5 billion a year to maintain the deterrence, which is carried on the four nuclear missile submarines and the air wing, which is land based and carrier-borne.

The French MRTT will be able to carry up to 271 passengers, carry 50 tons of fuel and fly intensive care medevac. The aircraft can also operate as a node for command and control, satellite communications, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. ■

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20141120/DEFREG01/311200044/France-Orders-12-A330-Tanker-Transport-Aircraft