Originally Posted by
KenV
Ummm, no. Northrop/Airbus won the competition to DEVELOP a tanker based on the A330MRTT. The A330MRTT did NOT meet USAF requirements at the first competition, nor did it later, not does it now. That's total bollocks.
Yep, to add a cargo door basically.
Of course it didn't meet the USAF requirements, which is why they didn't select it. Oh wait...