Military Tanker Aircraft Business Sector Update - July 8.

This latest video from Airbus confirms my expert opinion given in earlier briefs.

All A330 MRTT (Multi-Role Tanker Transport) aircraft are converted from new or used fully assembled A330 civilian airliners - none are produced as MRTTs from scratch.

The conversion process takes 9 months per aircraft.

Even with the huge improvements made to production process over the last 9 years, only 5 aircraft can be converted per year.

Accordingly, this reinforces my previous opinion posted continuously for the last 2.25 years that:

- The ex-Royal Air Force Tristar tanker aircraft owned by $TMPS are more likely than not to be used by someone - whether it is $TMPS or whether $TMPS sells them on to a new entrant to the industry.

- Very little time, effort and cost is required to get the already converted Tristar MRTTs back into service - compared to a newly conversion A330 MRTT.

- The relative cost difference is huge - with an A330 MRTT costing $300M each.

Airbus A330 MRTT conversion process video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1GBoeHPJvA

Airbus A330 MRTT conversion process description:

https://www.airbus.com/newsroom/stories/Airbu...ocess.html

Airbus A330 MRTT background information:

https://www.airbus.com/defence/a330mrtt.html

$TMPS Tristars - condition on final day of Royal Air Force service:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeyZ8_U5M8g