Boeing to miss KC-46A RAA deadline for USAF

Key Points

• Boeing is expected to miss the deadline for delivery of the first 18 KC-46A Pegasus aerial refuelling tankers to the USAF
• All the aircraft had been expected to arrive at training and main operating bases by August 2017 but will now only begin arriving at that time

The US Air Force (USAF) expects Boeing to miss the deadline for delivery of the first 18 KC-46A Pegasus aerial refuelling tankers, the service announced on 27 May.

Technical challenges with boom design and issues with certification of the centreline drogue system and wing air refuelling pods have driven delays to KC-36A delivery. (USAF)

“Technical challenges with boom design and issues with certification of the centreline drogue system and wing air refuelling pods have driven delays to low-rate production approval and initial aircraft deliveries,” Brigadier General Duke Richardson, the USAF’s Program Executive Officer for Tankers, said in the press statement.

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