- Good news: the Air Force says a fix for the KC-46’s troublesome remote vision system (version 2.0) has been tested and should begin rolling into production in 2028, with retrofits taking about seven years.
- Boeing has delivered just over 100 of the 188 tankers ordered; the Air Force is weighing another 75 to bring the fleet to 263 but says it will only buy more once issues are resolved.
- The program has been costly — Boeing has lost more than $7 billion on the contract, and the tanker has also faced boom and fuel‑leak problems, making it a long-running headache.
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