| Summary/Abstract |
At the time of this writing, the A-330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) is about to be chosen to provide the Indian Air Force (IAF) with a fleet of modern aerial-refueling tankers. There have been substantial time delays to this programme on the basis of cost. The A-330 MRTT is not cheap. But when it joins the IAF, it will initially supplant, and then later replace, the existing fleet of six IL-78MKI aircraft currently in use. But what does the A-330 MRTT brings to the table compared with its other contemporaries? A good metric for comparison is the general flight performance and refuelling capabilities of the aircraft. And what alternatives are there to the A-330 MRTT in the global market?
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