By Marina Malenic Boeing [BA] said yesterday that it will offer the Air Force a wide-body version of a 767-based refueling aircraft in a proposal it plans to submit on May 10. The company said it plans to modernize its 767 commercial aircraft with a new digital flight deck from its 787 Dreamliner and a new fly-by-wire refueling boom. The Air Force last week unveiled the long-awaited solicitation for the KC-X tanker replacement fleet, making only minimal changes to a…
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