Air Refueling Tanker Transport (ART2) is the nation’s first U.S.-owned private Aerial Refueling (AR) solutions firm of the future. As a full-service provider, ART2 shall offer a mixed fleet of NextGen tankers, talent and technologies committed to advancing the business of AR commercially.
Filling a 40+ year civil (non-instrument of war) capacity gap approved by Congress, mandated by federal law and sought by military commanders and private aerospace and defense firms globally.
ART2 is made up of Aerospace Industry experts committed to supporting the nation’s warfighters, U.S. Allies and private partners. Our team brings Naval Sealift, Airlift and Global Air Mobility expertise only gained from the inner workings of U.S. Transportation, Naval Air System (NAVAIR) and Air Mobility Commands.
ART2’s talent pool of Joint Service members, defense professionals and corporate partners is poised to deliver an incredibly unique skill, only obtained through decades of military AR and civil air transportation experience, and the right commercial AR solution across a wide range of government agencies and commercial firms.
We are founded by an Air Force veteran, combat aviator and Aerial Refueling expert and led by veterans and combat aviators who understand the challenges of being away from family 280-300 days per year to meet Air Forces AR missions. ART2 proudly represents veterans and minority and small businesses owners across the nation. ART2 is a (Self-Certified) Veteran-Owned Small Business, Service-Disabled/Veteran-Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, and Minority Business Enterprise with SBA 8(a) set-a-side eligibilities.
Today, ART2 calls the St. Louis Bi-state area home, leveraging the nations (heartbeat) largest ecosystem of Air Mobility and Aerial Refueling trained experts. We are hosted by the country’s Global Center of Excellence in Geospatial Technology in the nation’s largest Geospatial Innovations community. Centrally located, St. Louis is 200 miles east of the population center of the U.S., placing NexGen assets within 2.5 hours of the countries published AR tracks and Military Operating Areas.
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