
The Air Force on Friday approved Milestone C for the KC-46 program, signaling the aircraft is ready to enter into production. Work is now underway to award the first two Low Rate Initial Production lots within the next 30 days, the Air Force said late Friday in a statement.Securing approval to begin Low Rate Initial Production required completion of several aerial refueling demonstrations, to include refueling an F-16, C-17, and A-10 off the boom and an AV-8 and F/A-18 off both…