Costs Rising For KC-46 Boom Fix As RVS Design Faces Continued Delays

U.S. Air Force Boeing KC-46

A U.S. Air Force Boeing KC-46 undergoes maintenance at McConnell AFB, Kansas, in 2021. 

Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force 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 (RVS) and the schedule for a required production aircraft, according to a new assessment. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), in...

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