Fifteen more KC-46A Pegasus tankers have been ordered under a $2.1 billion contract as low-rate initial production (LRIP) Lot 3, Boeing announced on January 27. These aircraft are expected to be delivered by 2019. The KC-46A programme, along with the Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II ...
“It boils down to process, culture and leadership in making systems. A trip to Boeing is almost certainly going to be necessary for me to approve DD250s again,” he added, using the Defense Department’s term for accepting an aircraft.During a Thursday afternoon roundtable with reporters, ...
Boeing KC-46 tanker test aircraft takes second flight Boeing's newest KC-46 aerial refuelling tanker made its second flight on 2 May after making its...Jane's Defence WeeklyPat Host, Washington, DC
AROS includes three main displays for each operator to display images from multiple multi-spectral cameras distributed around the aircraft. The central 2D/3D display provides a rear-facing view for boom refueling operations. Boom operators can execute their mission in total darkness with both aircraft...
The first aircraft was delivered to the USAF in January 2019.[4] The USAF intends to procure 179 tankers by 2027. 【参考译文】波音KC-46飞马座是一款由波音公司基于其767喷气客机研发的美国军用空中加油机和战略军用运输机。2011年2月,该型加油机被美国空军(USAF)选为KC-X加油机竞赛的胜出者,以取代...
The KC-46 program has several remaining category 1 deficiencies, the term used by the Pentagon to describe the most serious form of technical problems. Two of the deficiencies involve the aircraft’s remote vision system, which is a series of cameras and sensors used by the boom operator ...
Aircraft industrySeptember 22, 2017 | Courtney Albon The Air Force and Boeing will conduct testing in October to observe whether KC-46 boom-scraping incidents are occurring at higher rates than on the legacy tanker fleet and will decide later this fall whether to pursue a fix to the deficiency...
[5] More cost overruns are coming for Boeing as the KC-46 program logs another two technical deficiencies [6] Five US Aircraft Left to Certify with KC-46 Tanker [7] KC-46 Tanker’s Recent “97 Percent” Milestone Isn’t The Whole Story...
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Boeing said the U.S. Air Force will start evaluation of the KC-46 Pegasus systems in operationally realistic scenarios very soon, and the pre-combat assessment will validate the KC-46's refueling capabilities with the Air Force's other military aircraft such as the B-2 bomber, C-5 cargo ...