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Aerial refueling

Air-to-air refueling probes

Eaton designs and manufactures a comprehensive range of fixed, retractable and semi-retractable refueling probes for fast jets and rotorcraft. Customized air-to-air refueling probe solutions are available to meet specific customer requirements including full design, qualification and certification services. 

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  • Fixed, telescopic and articulated configurations
  • Compact, robust, low mass, scalable solutions 
  • Electric or hydraulic drive with optional manual mode for telescopic type 
  • Options include weak-link load protection and position indicator 

High fidelity simulation for air to air refueling systems

Eaton is a leader in high fidelity development and modeling of air to air refueling systems. We use actual system software overlaid with, and verified against, real time static and flight test data from all major global tanker platforms. Using the newest simulation technology, this flight data is input in our simulation software to demonstrate real-time hose dynamics in a synthetic environment to accurately represent and predict true hose and drogue behavior. Our proprietary method allows Eaton to validate new air to air refueling systems before they are built and flight tested. Eaton’s modeling method recently enabled the successful development of the longest hose and drogue on record for the 908EH program.