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Boeing receives $2.1Bln order to build more KC-46 pegasus air tankers

Other News Materials 28 January 2017 06:38 (UTC +04:00)
Boeing has been awarded a more than $2 billion contract to build 15 KC-46 military air refuelling tankers
Boeing receives $2.1Bln order to build more KC-46 pegasus air tankers

Boeing has been awarded a more than $2 billion contract to build 15 KC-46 military air refuelling tankers, Sputnik reported.

"The Boeing Company [of] Seattle, Washington, has been awarded a $2.1 billion… for KC-46 Lot 3 production," the announcement stated on Friday.

The contractor will provide 15 KC-46 aircraft, data, two spare engines, and five wing refueling pod kits, the Defense Department added.

The KC-46 Pegasus is a wide-body, multirole tanker that can refuel all US, allied and coalition military aircraft compatible with international aerial refuelling procedures.

Assembly of the first 19 Pegasus tanker planes under a $2.8 billion US Air Force contract began in August 2016.

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