USAF Surveying Industry For Future Tanker Engines

Airmen at Altus AFB, Oklahoma, remove an engine from a Boeing KC-46. 

Credit: U.S. Air Force
The U.S. Air Force is surveying industry for multiple categories of propulsion to power future tankers, looking to see what capabilities exist that can be scaled and what new engines could be made. The request for information (RFI), released March 18, assumes a Next Generation Air Refueling System...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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