Boeing [BA] said on March 31 that the U.S. Air Force has awarded the company a $184 million Block 1 upgrade contract to install advanced communications on the KC-46A Pegasus. "Upgrades include line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight communications technologies with antijamming and encryption features," Boeing said in a statement. "These capabilities will further enhance the data and communications connectivity the KC-46A provides to joint and allied forces for battlespace situational awareness." James Burgess, Boeing's KC-46 program manager, said in the statement that…
