WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- The cost to develop a new Air
Force refueling tanker is expected to exceed a $4.9 billion spending
cap, but taxpayers won't be on the hook for the extra costs, according
to a Government Accountability Office report.
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base manages the program.
The GAO report released this week also found the flight test schedule for the KC-46 aerial refueling tanker was a "substantive concern" for the aircraft that is a top Air Force acquisition priority.
The service branch has a $52 billion fixed-price contract to buy an initial 179 KC-46 tankers from Chicago-based Boeing Co. through 2027.
The KC-46, a military tanker version of the commercial Boeing 767 passenger airliner, will replace many aging KC-135 Stratotanker refuelers, the last of which joined the fleet in 1965.
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The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base manages the program.
The GAO report released this week also found the flight test schedule for the KC-46 aerial refueling tanker was a "substantive concern" for the aircraft that is a top Air Force acquisition priority.
The service branch has a $52 billion fixed-price contract to buy an initial 179 KC-46 tankers from Chicago-based Boeing Co. through 2027.
The KC-46, a military tanker version of the commercial Boeing 767 passenger airliner, will replace many aging KC-135 Stratotanker refuelers, the last of which joined the fleet in 1965.
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