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Singapore selects Airbus A330 MRTT
24/01/2014 at 10:58
Concordant government and industry sources, Singapore has signed in 2013 a contract for the purchase of six A330 MRTT tanker.
The device supplied by Airbus Defence & Space, was preferred by the island state to its American and Israeli competitors.
Asked Airbus Defence & Space did not wish to comment on the information.
Singapore had expressed several years there is a need to replace its four KC-135R Stratotanker current.
Facing the MRTT, the Israeli IAI proposed including its Boeing 767 MMTT (Multi Mission Tanker Transport) solution which was notably used by Brazil against the A330 MRTT because of its lower price.
American side, the offer was originally on the KC-135R "renovated", although it is possible that Boeing has also highlighted its new KC-46A, with deliveries to the U.S. Air Force should not begin before 2017.
Extremely secretive about its arms purchases, Singapore has never communicated on the progress of the acquisition process.