Overview
- Boeing’s Lot 12 award covers 15 KC-46A aircraft for $2.47 billion with work scheduled to finish by June 30, 2029.
- The order brings the program to 183 tankers on contract or in service, including 98 delivered to the US Air Force, six to Japan, and four contracted for Israel.
- Deliveries were paused in April 2025 after structural cracks were found and resumed in July 2025 once repairs were completed and the Air Force cleared handovers.
- Capability upgrades remain underway, with previously awarded efforts to improve communications, data connectivity, and situational awareness and the Remote Vision System 2.0 targeted for 2027 readiness.
- Congress has capped the KC-46A at 183 aircraft until the Pentagon validates corrective actions for the refueling vision system and boom design.