Boeing has been awarded a $342 million contract to manufacture two KC-46A aircraft for Japan.
Work will be performed in Everett, Washington, and is expected to be completed June 30, 2023.
The State Department, in September 2016, cleared a $1.9 billion sale of four KC-46A refueling tankers and related equipment to Japan. The following year, the U.S.A.F. awarded Boeing $279 million for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s (JASDF’s) first KC-46 tanker and logistics support, marking the aircraft’s first international sale.
Japan; Air Force order two additional KC-46 tankers