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Boeing secures $2.38 billion contract for 15 additional U.S. Air Force KC-46A tankers

Published 11/21/2024, 06:46 PM
Updated 11/21/2024, 06:50 PM
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Boeing KC-46A Pegasus sits on the tarmac at Boeing facilities at Boeing Field in this aerial photo in Seattle, Washington, U.S. March 21, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo
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(Reuters) - Boeing (NYSE:BA) said on Thursday it has secured a $2.38 billion contract from the U.S. Air Force to build 15 additional KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling tankers under the Lot 11 procurement.

Boeing now has 168 KC-46A tankers on contract globally.

Since 2019, Boeing has delivered 89 KC-46As to the U.S. Air Force and four to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Boeing KC-46A Pegasus sits on the tarmac at Boeing facilities at Boeing Field in this aerial photo in Seattle, Washington, U.S. March 21, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo

In October, the KC-46A Pegasus was deployed for its first full-scale mission after being approved for global combat operations in 2022.

The KC-46A Pegasus is a military aerial refueling and strategic transport aircraft developed by Boeing.

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