Next-generation boom on track for KC-X tanker deadline

摘要

The next-generation boom technology at the heart of Boeing's offering for the KC-X tanker competition has been demonstrated, and the company is on track to meet the US Air Force's 9 July bid deadline, says Defense, Space and Security chief executive Dennis Muilenburg.rn"We have a great deal of confidence in that technology," he says. "We demonstrated the capabilities. It is a next-generation boom with fly-by-wire... and it is ready for therntanker schedule."