U.S. Air Force, Boeing Sign KC-X Contract
By Amy Butler
David Van Buren, the U.S. Air Force’s top acquisition executive, says that the contract with Boeing to develop the KC-46A aerial refueler has been signed, marking a major step in the Air Force’s decade-long pursuit of a KC-135 replacement.
Boeing, which won the $3.5 billion contract after more than a year of competition since the Air Force released its KC-X ...
