Aircraft
India Seeks New Tankers for a Third Time
Fighter deployments to a tense border with China need refueling support.
An artist's impression of an A330MRTT refueling two Indian Air Force Mirage 2000 fighters.
An artist's impression of an A330MRTT refueling two Indian Air Force Mirage 2000 fighters.

India has again released a request for information (RFI) for in-flight refueling aircraft, according to The Economic Times. However, no RFI has yet appeared on the Ministry of Defence (MoD) website. The MoD previously conducted two rounds of bidding for a new tanker and selected the Airbus A330MRTT in preference to the Ilyushin Il-78. But no contract was concluded.


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