
The U.S. Air Force is likely to release a request for proposal for the Airborne Edge Node for the Boeing [BA] KC-46 Pegasus tanker in the coming months, as it looks to award a contract and field the communications pod by the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022. Of the U.S. Air Force's nearly $204 million requested funding in fiscal 2022 for the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS), $147 million is for development of the Airborne Edge Node for the KC-46…