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Delivery Of A KC-46 Tanker Delayed Due To Electrical System Issue

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, October 1st, 2020

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Delivery Of A KC-46 Tanker Delayed Due To Electrical System Issue

Boeing's KC-46 tanker modification center in Everett, Wash. (Photo by Marc Selinger/Defense Daily)

Delivery of a KC-46 refueling tanker has been delayed due to a “minor electrical problem” on the aircraft, which was scheduled to arrive at Pease Air National Guard Base in New Hampshire on Sept. 25. The delay came up during a Senate Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support Hearing on Thursday, where Ellen Lord, the Pentagon’s top acquisition official, called KC-46 an “extremely problematical program.” “It’s not a design or safety-of-flight issue. In flight, one of the radar warning receivers…

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