Airbus offers sweetener on air lifter deal

By David Ellery
Updated April 18 2018 - 9:34pm, first published March 14 2012 - 3:00am

Spanish aerospace contractor EADS-Airbus Military wants to sell the Royal Australian Air Force a cut-price aerial fuel tanker the nation hasn't asked for in return for a shot at a billion-dollar ''battlefield air lifter'' contract.

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