Grant McHerron and Nigel Pittaway discuss their views on day two of the Singapore Airshow 2026 where the crowds are even bigger, potentially the most crowded Nigel's ever seen it and this is the 10th one he's attended.

Grant's caught up with Ondas about their ground and low-altitude defence system of systems, plus had a tour of Embraer's KC-390 after an update with their Defence team. Airbus Defence & Space provided a media briefing where they announced the MRTT Automated Air-to-Air Refuelling (A3R) has been fully certified by the RSAF, something the RAAF is very interested in.

They also spoke about the MRTT+ which is based on the A330 NEO but confirmed that they're still selling conversions of second hand airframes if the right ones with sufficient remaining cycles can be found. They also talked about the progression of their Smart Tanker concept with enhancements to the MRTT's communications relay capabilities and Manned/Unmanned Teaming base station capabilities to control Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCAs).

There's also updates about the A400M with Indonesia receiving their first aircraft, then Grant caught up with Textron regarding their multi-mission and specialist mission aircraft, ranging from King Airs to Citations and also potential configurations for the new Denali Single Engine Turboprop and SkyCourier twin.

Links:

Singapore Airshow Coverage

www.australiandefence.com.au/news/news/singapore-airshow-2026

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