Boeing readies for the challenge as USAF orders third batch of KC-46As

摘要

Boeing has been awarded a $2.1 billion contract by the US Air Force for the third lot of low-rate initial production (LRIP) of its KC-46A tanker. Confirmed by the Department of Defense on 27 January, the contract covers 15 heavily-adapted 767s, five wing air refuelling pod kits and one pair of spare Pratt & Whitney PW4062 engines. Work is expected to be complete by July 2019 under the deal.