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Air Force Negotiating with Boeing on Communications Upgrade for KC-46

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, September 16th, 2020

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Air Force Negotiating with Boeing on Communications Upgrade for KC-46

The first KC-46A Pegasus lands on the flight line on Jan. 25, 2019, at McConnell AFB, Kansas (Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force and Boeing [BA] are negotiating the terms of a contract for Pegasus Combat Capability (PC2) Block I for the company's KC-46 Pegasus air refueler--a contract which could come in the first quarter of next year and which would provide the tanker with communications upgrades. Boeing said that it has delivered 38 KC-46s to the Air Force thus far--21 of a planned 36 for McConnell AFB, Kan., which is to be a "super tanker base"; six of…

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