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Air Force Seeks Company Input on Planned KC-135 Upgrades

Air Force Seeks Company Input on Planned KC-135 Upgrades
A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing is refueled during a hot refueling training scenario at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar on Sept. 21, 2020 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force is seeking industry input on a possible replacement of the fuel management and flight display systems for 276 of the service's more than 400 KC-135 Boeing [BA] Stratotankers, first fielded in 1958. The replacements--including a new multifunction display system--would come under the KC-135 Center Console Refresh (CCR) program. In 2015, the Air Force awarded Rockwell Collins--now Collins Aerospace--a nearly $306 million contract to upgrade the KC-135 fleet to the Block 45 configuration with digital avionics and…

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