From the beginning, the tanker replacement program has been beset by scandal. Back in 2003, observers raised eyebrows when the Air Force stated it would lease 100 767-based tankers from Boeing ...

Before I elaborate on how Boeing won, I need to dispose of one inconvenient truth. A big part of the reason why many people thought EADS would win the tanker competition was because I said it ...

A KC-46 tanker lost its boom during an F-22 refueling mission, adding to safety concerns around the aircraft's troubled boom ...

If Northrop/EADS win the tanker job, they plan to assemble the planes in Mobile, Ala., raising the prospect that Boeing’s arch-rival would be building commercial A330 jets in the U.S.

The Boeing tanker is built in Washington State (Boeing and Lockheed both contribute to my think tank). A KC-46 Pegasus tanker refuels an A-10 attack aircraft during testing in 2019.

Included in Block 1 upgrades for the KC-46 is the Pegasus Advanced Communications Suite, which will upgrade the tanker’s Link ...

Boeing estimates the tanker contract would support 44,000 new and existing jobs with more than 300 U.S. suppliers. The company would perform much of the work in Everett, Wash., and Wichita, Kan.

The Air Force wants to buy as many as 160 KC-Y tankers after it's finished with KC-46 production. Both Airbus and Boeing are ready to compete.

Boeing Co. will take additional charges to the KC-46 tanker program due to a supplier quality issue with the center fuel tank, the company's finance chief said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON, March 7 (Reuters) - A new supplier problem has stymied deliveries of Boeing's (BA.N), opens new tab 767 freighter and KC-46 tanker, the company confirmed on Tuesday. According to a ...

Boeing’s KC-46 aerial-refueling tanker for the Air Force finally made its first flight Friday, seven to eight months later than planned. Chief KC-46 test pilot Ron Johnston took off from Paine ...

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - Shares of Boeing Co. fell Friday after a congressional committee voted to formally reject Boeing's deal to lease 767 jetliners to the Air Force as refueling tankers. Shares of ...