The 21st century battlespace requires agile, adaptive platforms primed to serve multiple roles, including the ability to connect and protect crucial assets. As the all- domain force sets its course for data-centric operations, Boeing’s KC-46A Pegasus is evolving the strategic role of tankers to meet this new reality.
Beyond its refueling and cargo, passenger or aeromedical transport missions, the KC-46 is opening a revolutionary concept in which tankers provide mission- critical data to the fleet, explained Mike Hafer, Boeing’s senior manager for KC-46 business development and a former active duty Air Force mobility pilot for 26 years.