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VOLUME 2 NUMBER 3, 2024

Boeing Awarded Contract to Enhance KC-46A Mission Capability

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The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a $16.8 million contract for KC-46A software and data enhancements that will further advance the mission readiness and performance envelope of the world’s most advanced multi-mission tanker. The contract includes upgrades to the Onboard Performance Tool software for expedited mission launch, with specific improvements for efficient cargo landing and takeoff and landing data management for flight planning.

 

 

“The U.S. Air Force and allies are performing crucial global missions with the growing KC-46A tanker fleet and finding ways to extract more capability from the platform,” says Lynn Fox, KC-46 Vice President and Program Manager. “We’re collaborating to integrate enhancements like these and bring additional capabilities to the battlespace as rapidly as possible to meet the evolving needs of the mission.”

The KC-46A can carry three times more cargo pallets, up to twice as many passengers and over 30% more aeromedical evacuation patients than the KC-135 aircraft fleet it is replacing.

 

 

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