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Pentagon Grants Milestone C Approval to Boeing’s KC-46A Pegasus Tanker

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KC46ABoeing has received Milestone C approval from Defense Department acquisition chief Frank Kendall for the KC-46A Pegasus aircraft the company will build to support aerial refueling operations of the U.S. Air Force.

The Air Force said Friday it will award Boeing a pair of contracts within 30 days to manufacture the first two KC-46A low-rate initial production batches.

Both contracts have a combined potential value of $2.8 billion and cover the delivery of 19 aircraft units along with associated spare parts, according to the military service.

The Air Force expects Boeing to deliver a total of 18 tankers to McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas and Altus AFB in Oklahoma by early 2018.

DoD issued the Milestone C decision after Boeing and the Air Force demonstrated Pegasus’ refueling function with the F-16 Fighting Falcon, C-17 Globemaster III, A-10 Thunderbolt II, AV-8 Harriar II and F/A-18 Hornet platforms.

The KC-46A still needs to undergo Federal Aviation Administration and military certification flight tests in order to be included in the Air Force and DoD aircraft inventory, the service branch noted.

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Written by Mary-Louise Hoffman

is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.

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