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Air Force Defers KC-46 IOT&E, Full Rate Production Milestones

By Vivienne Machi

Wednesday, June 10th, 2020

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Air Force Defers KC-46 IOT&E, Full Rate Production Milestones

KC-46 refueling F-15E. Photo: Boeing

The Air Force has decided along with the Pentagon’s director of operational test and evaluation that the KC-46A Pegasus tanker program’s initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) period will conclude after a key deficiency is resolved, tacking years onto the timeline before full rate production can commence. The service announced June 8 that IOT&E will continue until after the new aerial refueler’s Remote Vision System (RVS) deficiencies are resolved, and after the Air Force’s OT&E center has tested the KC-46…

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