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Speaking to Breaking Defense fresh off a tour of a French MRTT, a KC-46A Pegasus pilot and boom operator discussed some of the pros and cons between the plane that's the basis for Lockheed's LMXT and their own Pegasus tanker.
Boeing said building its KC-46A Pegasus tanker would be a "low-risk" job, but production flaws have cost the planemaker over $7 billion.
Boeing said building its KC-46A Pegasus tanker would be a "low-risk" job, but production flaws have cost the planemaker over $7 billion.
USAF and Boeing are seeing the costs increase for a needed boom redesign for the KC-46 tanker as well as delays for the new Remote Vision System.
Now is the time to find the right balance between savings and defense needs. There are plenty of other places to find savings, but our current and future military programs and budgets need to be fully funded. Other large militaries around the world are funding theirs - we need to do the same.