The Royal Air Force has taken delivery of the 20th next-generation Atlas transport aircraft as the programme continues to meet key development milestones…
Secretary of State for Defence Gavin Williamson announced the arrival at a gala dinner at the Royal International Air Tattoo. The aircraft was handed over to the RAF at Brize Norton, home of the UK’s Air Mobility Force. This coincided with crucial trials to test Atlas’s ability to deliver cargo by parachute and undergo air-to-air refuelling using a RAF Voyager aircraft.