OPINION: Can Airbus bear weight of A400M Atlas?
flight global | June 23, 2016
Given its promised capabilities and the absence of any direct competitor – it slots neatly between the out-of-production Boeing C-17 and Lockheed Martin C-130J – the Atlas stood a very real chance of becoming Europe’s Hercules, if you pardon the mixed mythology.In fact, there have even been suggestions that the tactical transport could be sold to the USA – a holy grail for any European programme.