Boeing Touts Proactive KC-46 Work, Software Updates Amid RVS Delays

A Boeing KC-46 deployed to an undisclosed base in the Middle East in June 2025. Credit: U.S. Air Force

A Boeing KC-46 deployed to an undisclosed base in the Middle East in June.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
A proactive step that eventually halted deliveries of the KC-46, as well as progress on a software update to improve the tanker’s remote vision system, show Boeing Defense’s new approach to keeping the program on track, the company’s sector boss says, although the long-awaited overhaul of the RVS...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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