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Air Force

Air Force to Release $882 Million in Previously Withheld KC-46 Funds to Boeing

By Vivienne Machi

Thursday, April 2nd, 2020

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Air Force to Release $882 Million in Previously Withheld KC-46 Funds to Boeing

Boeing's KC-46 was on display Jan. 24 at the company's Everett Delivery Center. (Photo: Vivienne Machi / Staff)

The Air Force and Boeing [BA] signed two new agreements regarding to the KC-46A Pegasus program on Thursday, with one intended to provide the aerospace company with cash flow during the COVID-19 pandemic. The service and contractor reached a memorandum of understanding for a solution to the challenged Remote Vision System that allows operators to observe aerial refueling digitally, rather than through a window. A second memorandum of understanding reached Thursday will provide Boeing with $882 million of previously withheld…

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