# Airbus and Lockheed Martin to collaborate on LMXT tanker for US Air Force

Airbus and Lockheed Martin announced plans to collaborate on the LMXT refueling tanker aircraft for the US Air Force's KC-Y program, with Airbus building A330 aircraft in Mobile, Alabama, and Lockheed Martin converting them in Marietta, Georgia. If awarded, the project would involve a $450 million investment and 400 jobs at the Mobile facility.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2022-01-31
- Where: Mobile, Alabama, United States
- Value: $450.0M
- Jobs: 400
- Status: announced
- Products: A330 aircraft, LMXT tanker aircraft
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Airbus](https://endata.com/companies/1653.md)
- [Lockheed Martin](https://endata.com/companies/6612.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [madeinalabama.com](https://www.madeinalabama.com/2022/01/airbus-alabama-facility-in-line-to-build-tanker-aircraft-with-lockheed-martin/), 2022-01-31: "Establishing this production work in Alabama and Georgia confirms Lockheed Martin’s commitment that the LMXT will be built in America, by Americans, for Americans."

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