Air Force KC-46A Pegasus Tanker Aircraft Program

Abstract

On February 24, 2011, the Department of Defense (DOD) announced the Boeing Company as the winner of a competition to build 179 new KC-46A aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force, a contract valued at roughly $35 billion. Prior to the announcement, the program had been known as KC-X. The first four KC-46s were delivered in January 2019. The KC-46A acquisition program is a subject of congressional interest because of the dollar value of the contract, the number of jobs it would create, the importance of tanker aircraft to U.S. military operations, and because previous attempts to acquire a new tanker since 2001 had ultimately failed. It has also attracted attention due to cost growth, schedule delays, and other issues with program execution.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 21, 2020
Accession Number
AD1169987

Entities

People

  • Jeremiah Gertler

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Procurement
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fuel Systems
  • Governments
  • Military Aircraft
  • Military Aviation
  • Procurement
  • Refueling In Flight
  • Tanker Aircraft
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transport Aircraft
  • United States

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