Data from Hannah Kidd/ IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
A400M from Airbus Military
Range 6,400 Km with 20 tonne payload, 3,300 Km with max payload of 37 tonnes
Hold volume 340 M3
Length 17.72 M
Width 4.00 M
Height 3.85 M
Cost $146 m
KC-390 from Embraer (marketing agreement with Boeing)
Range 3,704 Km with 20 tonne payload. Max payload 23 tonne
Hold volume 169 M3
Length 18.54 M
Width 3.45 M
height 3.20 M
Cost $50 M
C-130J-30 (stretched Hercules) from Lockheed Martin
Range 2,222 Km with 20.4 tonne payload. Max payload 21.8 tonne
Hold volume 170.5 M3
Length 12.19 M
Width 3.12 M
Height 2.74 M
Cost $67.5 M
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