
A critical component of the Air Force’s KC-46A aerial refueling tanker that has been caught up in a difficult development has made more progress in the past month than in the entire previous year, a sign the program is trending in the right direction, Air Force Acquisition Chief Will Roper told a House Armed Services Committee (HASC) panel on Thursday. Eighteen months ago, the program didn’t know how to design the Remote Vision System (RVS) and whether it would work…