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Boeing contracted for KC-46 Pegasus risk reduction study
by Stephen Carlson
Washington (UPI) Aug 08, 2018

Boeing has received a $10 million contract for a risk reduction study on the KC-46 Pegasus tanker aircraft, the first of which is expected for delivery later this year.

The contract, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, provides for a study of risk reduction "with regard to the development and integration of new capabilities" for the first KC-46 aircraft.

Work will be performed in Seattle, Wash., and is expected to be completed by November 2019. Air Force Fiscal 2017 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $10 million are being obligated at time of award.

The KC-46 Pegasus is a wide-bodied aerial refueling tanker jet being developed for the U.S. Air Force. It is capable of refueling all U.S. and allied military aircraft capable of mid-air refueling.

The Pegasus completed its final flight tests in July, and delivery of the first aircraft is expected in late October.


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NATO to revamp Albanian air base: PM
Tirana (AFP) Aug 5, 2018
NATO plans to modernize an air base in Albania, giving the organization its first such site in the western Balkans, according to Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama. "NATO will invest more than 50 million euros ($58 million) for the first phase of the project alone, to modernise air base in Kucova," some 80 kilometres (50 miles) south of the capital Tirana, Rama wrote on his Facebook profile. Kucova will serve as a supporting base for NATO's air supply operations, logistics, training and exercises, ... read more

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