The first tanker was propeller-driven and today they are based on airliners (the Boeing 707 and 767), but this is soon set to ...

The KC-46A is a very capable tanker with self-defense capabilities. It can refuel most fixed-wing, receive-capable aircraft. Its refueling boom is driven by a fly-by-wire control system. The hose and ...

The walkout will not just impact Boeingâ s commercial aircraft production lines but some of Boeing Defenseâ s product lines ...

"That is going to flow through the tanker rates, which is going to be more cost pressure." The extent to which KC-46 ...

This contract win should significantly boost the aerospace giant’s Boeing Defense, Space and Security (“BDS”) business segment. The KC-46 Pegasus is a wide-body, multirole tanker that can ...

Zack Schaffer, 418th FLTS KC-46 Integrated Test Force director, the testing is a joint effort between the USAF and Boeing ... handling qualities of both the tanker, boom and receiver throughout ...

58 total The Boeing-built KC-46 tanker is a military version of the 767 commercial aircraft. It is intended to replace the oldest of the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 Stratotanker fleet -- some of ...

One of its biggest — yet controversial — jets is the KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling tanker, which was derived from the Boeing ... Force's KC-46 cross-functional team, told Defense News ...

Tokyo has selected the Boeing KC-46 tanker aircraft for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.

The long-distance flight follows the US Air Force’s 45h nonstop Boeing KC-46A flight earlier this year that saw the 767-derived tanker circle the globe. In addition to recieving fuel from other ...

Recent orders for the Boeing KC-46A tanker for ... USAF,” said vice president and KC-46 program manager Lynn Fox. Original curated content, daily across air, land and naval domains 2 free stories per ...