USAF To Start Flight Testing KC-46 Pod Amid Mobility Data Push

A KC-46 refuels an F-35.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
AURORA, Colorado—The U.S. Air Force is finally nearly ready to start flight testing a communications pod for the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus that has long been in the works under its Advance Battle Management System (ABMS) effort focused on sharing data between fifth-generation fighters. The service says...

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