To replace legacy C-130s and C160 Transall transports now in European service, the A400M has a maximum take-off weight of 141t. Its useful payload of up to 37t will be almost twice that of the new ...

Deliveries of the A400M will take off at pace from later this month, with Airbus expecting to deliver another 10 of the type to France, Germany, Turkey and the UK by year-end. Three production ...

but with four deliveries of the A400M scheduled for this year, it should finally be about to take off.

The A400M "takes off" from its cousin ... video, and give-and-take. (The give-and-take format is associated with the A400M’s air-to-air refueling function as either a provider or receiver ...

The Airbus A400M Atlas is one of the most impressive military transport aircraft I’ve ever seen – and getting to watch it in ...

An Airbus A400M aircraft crashed near Sevilla airport, in Spain, at 12:57 pm local time killing 4 crew members and injuring 2. On May, 9, the Airbus A400M with the serial number MSN023 ...

The A400M’s unusual split cargo door configuration permits tactical maneuvers such as equipment/supply drops, without the necessity to land and take off. Artist’s conception shows aft end of cargo ...

The German government has awarded Airbus a contract to equip 23 A400M transport aircraft with Elbit Systems’ directed ...

When it goes into service the A400M will be able to carry payloads up to 37 tonnes and boast a maximum take-off weight of 141 tonnes. The aircraft’s maiden flight saw it equipped with 15 tonnes ...

In his opinion piece about the Airbus A400M (“Too big to fail and yet unable to get off the ground”, 30 July-26 August), Bjoern H. Seibert overlooks the military’s current and future needs and does ...

Risk reduction But Airbus booked a new one-off charge of 1.3 billion euros against its A400M turboprop military transport, plagued by delivery problems and technical problems. “On A400M ...