The Airbus A310 was essentially a shrunken version of its predecessor, and maintaining a high level of design commonality ultimately helped manufacturer Airbus save on the jet’s development costs.

The Airbus A310 MRTT's principal purpose is to serve multiple different roles for an aerial fighting force, allowing them to streamline operations by purchasing just one aircraft, ...

Like its comparatively smaller counterpart the A320, this jet was based on the earlier Airbus A300. The A310 came in two main types, the A310-200 and the A310-300.

Two 6-hour test flights–conducted March 21 and 23–in which an A310 MRTT flying testbed outfitted with the “Auto’Mate” technology being developed by Airbus UpNext was able to take control ...

Aeroflot Flight 593 was an Airbus A310, specifically the 310-304, that left Moscow bound for Hong Kong on March 23, 1994. The plane had entered the airline's service less than two years earlier, ...

Airbus Defence & Space has successfully demonstrated in-flight autonomous guidance and control of a series of unmanned air vehicles using an A310 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) flying testbed.

Airbus has demonstrated in-flight autonomous guidance and control of a UAV using an A310 MRTT tanker aircraft. The demonstration by Airbus is a step towards autonomous formation flight and autonomous ...

A Do-DT25 drone is controlled autonomously from systems aboard the Airbus A310 MRTT testbed to a position close to the tanker’s boom. (Photo: Airbus) ...

Airbus has launched a demonstrator programme to explore autonomous air-to-air refuelling technology using an A310 tanker testbed and DT-25 target drone receivers. Airbus subsidiary Airbus UpNext has ...