ITAR
Vasco,
I was not referring to the RAF having problems with ITAR as it already has those with C130, C17, Tornado, Typhoon, F35, Sentry, A400M and even already with Voyager (if not others). However, ITAR is a distinct problem for Airbus if it is allowed to infiltrate into the civil lines. ITAR only permits access to US military technology to designated nationalities although there are no hard and fast rules as to what these are. In the case of A400M, it took a lot of hard bargaining to increase the list beyond the normal starting point of NATO plus some trusted allies. The rules work a little like the "Need to Know" of Security but apply even when the technology is unclassified. Airbus employs (in Europe) over 80 different nationalities to my certain knowledge.
ITAR technology has to be segregated to allow only those nationalities approved to have access. The segregation distances are similar to those for normal industrial safety and reasonably easily similarly imposed. But the issue then becomes flexibility and management of working. For A400M Airbus can relatively easily separate and select for the workforce by then using dedicated facilities but this is not possible on a civil line.
It is achieved for Voyager by building a standard civil A330, completed to flyable condition in Toulouse and then flown to Madrid for militarisation where the dedicated workforce can be ITAR compliant. Once in Madrid the A330s are partially dismantled to install military additions. There, there would be no problem installing the boom or UARRSI except the customer (the RAF) has not asked for it and does not wish to pay for it. Note as well the customer has not even asked that Voyager be fitted with a refuelling probe.