Japan Expands KC-46 Order As It Seeks To Double Defense Budget

Chen Chuanren November 30, 2022
KC-46
Credit: Boeing
SINGAPORE—Japan is set to expand its Boeing KC-46A Pegasus tanker fleet from four aircraft to six. Boeing revealed the contract for two more aircraft on Nov. 29. The development comes just a day after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida expressed his intention to double the country’s defense...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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