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USAF Foresees 19-Month Delay in Fielding RVS 2.0 for KC-46A Tanker

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USAF Foresees 19-Month Delay in Fielding RVS 2.0 for KC-46A Tanker
A New Hampshire Air National Guard KC-46A Pegasus refuels five Marine Corp’s F/A-18D Hornets with the Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, as the fighters returned home to Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. from MCAS Iwakuni, Japan on Sept. 10, 2020, over the Pacific Ocean--the first official transoceanic coronet mission accomplished with a Pegaus refueler. The coronet involved 16 aerial refuelings of the fighters (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force foresees a delay of 19 months in fielding the Remote Vision System 2.0 (RVS 2.0) for the Boeing [BA] KC-46A Pegasus tanker. "After thoroughly evaluating all the data and assumptions that went in to the current RVS 2.0 schedule during a Program Management Review (PMR) last week, the joint team determined that an additional 19 months will be required to achieve an Operational Military Flight Release (MFR) for the RVS 2.0 upgrade, resulting in fleet release…

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