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A fix for the KC-46 is already a year late
« on: March 06, 2020, 12:39:01 pm »
A fix for the KC-46 is already a year late
By: Valerie Insinna and Joe Gould   

WASHINGTON — The Air Force now believes a correction for the Boeing KC-46 tanker’s major technical problem won’t be available until at least 2023, forecasting a one-year delay to previous estimates, its top general said Tuesday.

The service is now targeting a 2023-2024 timeframe to begin fielding a fix for the Remote Vision System, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein said during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. The RVS, manufactured by Rockwell Collins, is a series of cameras that allows users to steer a refueling boom into the aircraft receiving gas.

The head of U.S. Transportation Command is pushing the Air Force to rethink some of its controversial plans to retire some of its older aerial refueling aircraft.

 https://www.defensenews.com/air/2020/03/03/a-fix-for-the-kc-46-is-already-a-year-late/