
A significant improvement to its A400M military transport plane has been revealed by Airbus, with intentions to rearrange the platform to accommodate the Multi-Domain Combat Cloud (MDCC) and the Future Combat Air System (FCAS).
The purpose of the platform is to act as a high-bandwidth communications hub, connecting manned and unmanned systems throughout the air, land, sea, space, and cyberspace domains.
Additionally, it is anticipated that it will be able to support electronic warfare, launch precision-guided weapons, and deploy Remote Carriers, a novel class of unmanned systems that the A400M can transport close to the battlefield and operate in the air if necessary.