In a groundbreaking test, the French Navy's Rafale M fighter jet successfully refueled an Airbus A400M transport aircraft mid-flight using the NARANG refueling pod. This operation, conducted to ...

The French DGA successfully tested and certified a new system to airdrop the Commandos Marine special forces RHIB, also known as ECUME, from an A400M military transport aircraft.

The A400M in general is undergoing a series of flight envelope expansions, with the French Air and Space Force certifying the aircraft on icy runways in Canada and Greenland, driven by Allied ...

After extensive testing—over 5,000 flight hours across five different prototypes—the A400M received European Safety Agency (EASA) certification in March 2013. The first delivery to the French ...