Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of Airbus' latest innovations isn't an airliner but a military troop and cargo transport plane. The Airbus A400M Atlas can ...

The Airbus A400M Atlas is a military aircraft featured in a Tom Cruise stunt. The UK's Royal Air Force has used it to send humanitarian aid to Gaza and evacuate civilians from Kabul. The versatile ...

The A400M Atlas is better at operating from improvised runways than most NATO cargo planes because of its turboprop engines, which are less vulnerable to ground debris.

The A400M, also known as the Atlas, is described by its maker, Airbus, as “the most advanced, proven and certified airlifter available.” That may or may not be true, but what we do know is that this ...

The battlespace of the 21st Century is a lethal grid for military transport planes. The skies over the front line are filled with shoulder-fired missiles and anti-aircraft artillery, while the ground ...

The world’s militaries, especially aviation branches, are operating with increasingly new concepts. Over in Europe, one of them would be the Future Combat Air System, a thing described as a “system of ...

The UK Ministry of Defence has ruled out, for now, the possibility of adapting the Royal Air Force's (RAF) A400M Atlas aircraft for aerial wildfire fighting.

Airbus has flight tested the latest prototype of its A400M Roll-on/Roll-off modular kit that turns a standard Airbus A400M turboprop military transport aircraft into a firefighting bomber to drop ...

Airbus sells more than just commercial airliners, it also sells military transport aircraft. Commercial aircraft manufacturers have long engaged in lucrative endeavors in support of the defense ...

The UK's Royal Air Force has used it to send humanitarian aid to Gaza and evacuate civilians from Kabul. The versatile aircraft can also transport helicopters, land on beaches, and refuel in the air.

Airbus sells more than just commercial airliners, it also sells military transport aircraft. An Airbus A400.A Periam Photography / Shutterstock.com Commercial aircraft manufacturers have long engaged ...